collateral

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But there is also the hard-to-quantify risk that what might appear to be sound collateral has been double-pledged across lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The bank will lend against a special entity holding loans as collateral, and it will lend out only a portion of the underlying collateral’s value, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The clearinghouses hold the collateral on each side of a contract, transferring risk from trading parties to the clearinghouse itself.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

I piled up courses on constitutional law, litigation, appellate procedure, federal courts, and collateral remedies.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson