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collateralizes

collateralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about collateralizes

What is collateralizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Collateralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collateralize.

Words near collateralizes in the dictionary

  1. collateralized debt obligations
  2. collateralized fund obligation
  3. collateralized fund obligations
  4. collateralized loan obligation
  5. collateralized loan obligations
  6. collateralizes
  7. collateralizing
  8. collaterally
  9. collateralness
  10. collaterals
  11. collaterogenesis

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