collateral
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GameStop ended the quarter with $9.7 billion in cash, equivalents, and collateral pledged for a derivative asset.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
What Bagehot actually said was that a central bank must face down a panic by lending freely at a high rate of interest to solvent banks against good collateral.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But Dublin feels Hull have become "collateral damage" in a case which does not even involve them.
From BBC • May 19, 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
Vocabulary lists containing collateral
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