collateral
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But there is also the hard-to-quantify risk that what might appear to be sound collateral has been double-pledged across lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
They track trades and provide a defined set of rules, such as what kind of collateral contract holders need to put up and how frequently portfolios needed to be marked to market.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Investors can place trades on the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, using cryptocurrency as collateral.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
Tres Marias was a good business that required no help from the seam of gold; on the contrary, it served as collateral for an extension on his concession to the mine.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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