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credit default swaps

credit default swaps is the plural of credit default swap.

Meaning of credit default swap

Noun

credit default swap (plural credit default swaps)

  1. A credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in exchange for the right to a payoff if there is a default or other credit event in respect of a third party called reference entity.
    • The cost of that funding is partially influenced by the price of an instrument known as a credit default swap — essentially, a form of insurance that one party buys to protect against the possibility that another party will default. The higher the risk of default, the higher the price of the...2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    CDS

Questions about credit default swaps

What is credit default swaps the plural of?
Credit default swaps is the plural of credit default swap.

Words near credit default swaps in the dictionary

  1. credit crunched
  2. credit crunches
  3. credit default option
  4. credit default options
  5. credit default swap
  6. credit default swaps
  7. credit event
  8. credit events
  9. credit facilities
  10. credit facility
  11. credit histories

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