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lien

[leen, lee-uhn] / lin, ˈli ən /
NOUN
right to dispose of property
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A $1.3 billion portfolio write-down resulted from borrower struggles and underperforming 2021 second lien and junior debt deals.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

With a $127,000 federal tax lien on his New Orleans-area home in 2007 and a bank foreclosing on a second home in Florida, Alvendia joined Star Academy as a national salesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Acevedo said she planned to refinance her loan but learned that she couldn’t because the property had a lien from a previous owner.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

They now say she owes $130,000 and she has to work something out immediately or they’ll put a lien on her house, which is a great place in a beach town.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

It is true that the Treasury would still be able to recoup itself for this loss in the value of the bonds by exercising its prior lien on the assets of the banks.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur




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