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securitization

UK/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪtʌɪzeɪʃən/

securitization noun: the fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.

Noun

securitization (countable and uncountable, plural securitizations)

  1. The fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.
    • Securitization became a fee-based business. […] The logic of private-label securitization was mass production, and new mortgages had to be fed into this machine constantly to sustain it.2020, Katharina Pistor, “4: Minting Debt”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN
  2. The act of convincing a relevant audience to treat a topic as a matter of security (regardless of whether it constitutes an actual threat), thus justifying the use of extraordinary measures.
    • The negative side-effects of securitization of migration have, however, become exacerbated as many Muslims in the U.S. and elsewhere have experienced heightened scrutiny and disbelief while travelling and in everyday life.2004, Kristof Tamas, Mapping Study on International Migration, Inst for Future Studies
    • The strength of the belief generated what Buzan terms a securitization effect , whereby irrespective of whether or not a material threat exists, something is constructed as a threat, with this understanding being accepted by a wide and/or specifically relevant audience.2009, Amnon Aran, Israel's Foreign Policy Towards the PLO: The Impact of Globalization

securitization meaning in Tamil

securitization in Tamil

முதலீட்டுக்கு ஏற்ற பத்திரங்களாக அமைத்தல்

Examples of securitization in a sentence

  • […] although the securitization of migration can be observed in both Canada and France, […]2011, Philippe Bourbeau, The Securitization of Migration: A Study of Movement and Order, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 126:
  • Nonetheless, in the case of climate change, securitization is appropriate and necessary: because this genuinely is an existential threat to all major states; […]2020, Anatol Lieven, Climate Change and the Nation State: The Case for Nationalism in a Warming World, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN...

Forms of securitization

pluralsecuritizations
alternative UKsecuritisation

Origin of securitization

From securitize + -ation.

Questions about securitization

What does securitization mean?
Securitization means the fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.
What is securitization in Tamil?
Securitization in Tamil is முதலீட்டுக்கு ஏற்ற பத்திரங்களாக அமைத்தல். See Securitization meaning in Tamil.
How do you use securitization in a sentence?
[…] although the securitization of migration can be observed in both Canada and France, […]
What part of speech is securitization?
Securitization is a noun.
How do you pronounce securitization?
Securitization is pronounced /sɪˈkjʊəɹɪtʌɪzeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of securitization?
The plural of securitization is securitizations.

Words near securitization in the dictionary

  1. securitised
  2. securitiser
  3. securitisers
  4. securitises
  5. securitising
  6. securitization
  7. securitizations
  8. securitize
  9. securitized
  10. securitizer
  11. securitizers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: securitization (page history and authors); securitization (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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