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backstop

[bak-stop] / ˈbækˌstɒp /


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Such perverse incentives flow from the government’s vast mortgage backstop.

From The Wall Street Journal

The European Central Bank said Saturday it will expand access to its euro liquidity backstop to central banks worldwide, in a move aimed at boosting the single currency's global role.

From Barron's

Discovery board, Paramount says it will agree to fully backstop an exchange offer that relieves WBD of its contractual bondholder obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the first week of November, OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar made comments at a Wall Street Journal conference that appeared to suggest the company was looking to the federal government as a backstop.

From The Wall Street Journal

France and others have spent months trying to nudge Washington to provide a backstop to security guarantees they hope to offer Ukraine if the war ends.

From The Wall Street Journal