collateral
Example Sentences
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But the gain in energy stocks appeared relatively muted when compared with moves seen in other sectors that investors believed could suffer collateral damage.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026
Makhijani is accused of providing bogus collateral for the October 2024 loan now in default.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026
Covered bonds are debt securities issued by financial institutions and are backed by collateral pool of assets such as mortgages or public-sector loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
“With the yen funding a substantial volume of cross-currency positions, a more aggressive tightening path than markets currently anticipate carries the potential to inflict significant collateral damage well beyond Japan’s borders.”
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
“Because everyone and everything just goes back to normal, even though it obviously wasn’t normal. We knew the collateral for the CDOs had collapsed. And yet everything went on, as if nothing had changed.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing collateral
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