collateral

Example Sentences

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Lacking funding, Iranian banks have relied on borrowing from the central bank through an emergency liquidity mechanism that charged high interest rates but lent money without requiring collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal

The cap’s negative impacts would be concentrated among those borrowers whose finances are less than ideal, such as households new to the credit markets, gig-economy workers, and small businesses with limited access to collateral.

From Barron's

That is because credit-card debt is unsecured, meaning there is no collateral to back it.

From The Wall Street Journal

That triggered forced selling from margin calls by brokers, driving down security prices for even unlevered investors, who suffered collateral damage.

From Barron's

She told the BBC that MI5's conduct after the attack was "infuriating" and made her feel like "we were collateral damage".

From BBC