collateral
Example Sentences
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Blue Owl’s surging stock gave them collateral to use for personal loans.
The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”
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The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”
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In exchange for shelter, meals, and friendship, Kate provided Dr. George Taylor and Sarah Taylor the only collateral she had left—their dead children.
From Literature
Margin collateral is the amount of money brokerage customers must give their broker to guarantee that the customers are able to pay for their losing trades.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
