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collateralizing

collateralizing is the present participle and gerund 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 collateralizing

What is collateralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Collateralizing is the present participle and gerund of collateralize.

Words near collateralizing in the dictionary

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

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