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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /




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Its Collateral Finance subsidiary offers commercial loans secured by precious metals.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Two measures of funding-market liquidity, known as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and the Tri-Party General Collateral Rate, have both crept back above 4% during the past week, though remain off their late-October peaks.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

Collateral estoppel doesn’t stop a policy dead in its tracks; it simply holds the government to the consequences of losing a case.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

A predictable schedule, like Parson’s monthly announcements, can help dispel impressions that the process is corrupt, said Margaret Love, executive director of the nonprofit Collateral Consequences Resource Center, which runs the project.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Collateral Consanguinity is blood relationship from a common ancestor, but not in a direct line.

From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.




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