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collateralise

collateralise is the alternative spelling of collateralize.

Meaning of collateralize

Verb

collateralize (third-person singular simple present collateralizes, present participle collateralizing, simple past and past participle collateralized)

  1. To secure a loan or other contract by using collateral.
  2. To pledge assets as collateral.
    • A debt instrument is collateralized when the creditor has rights over an asset or revenue stream that would allow it, if the borrower defaults on its payment obligations, to rely on the asset or revenue stream to secure repayment of the debt.2020 February 19, Collateralized Transactions: Key Considerations for Public Lenders and Borrowers, International Monetary Fund, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of collateralise

third-person singular presentcollateralises
present participlecollateralising
past participlecollateralised
pastcollateralised

Origin of collateralise

From collateral + -ise.

Questions about collateralise

What is collateralise the alternative spelling of?
Collateralise is the alternative spelling of collateralize.

Words near collateralise in the dictionary

  1. collateral veins
  2. collateral vessel
  3. collateral vessels
  4. collateralisation
  5. collateralisations
  6. collateralise
  7. collateralised
  8. collateralises
  9. collateralising
  10. collateralities
  11. collaterality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collateralise (page history and authors); collateralize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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