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securitize

securitize verb: to convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.

Verb

securitize (third-person singular simple present securitizes, present participle securitizing, simple past and past participle securitized)

  1. To convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.
    • Once the private sector had discovered securitization, it securitized any claim imaginable, from residential mortgages to receivables for products and services from cars to credit cards and student loans; the original policy goal of lowering the costs of credit for homeowners gave away to minting...2020, Katharina Pistor, “4: Minting Debt”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Forms of securitize

third-person singular presentsecuritizes
present participlesecuritizing
past participlesecuritized
pastsecuritized

Origin of securitize

From security (“tradeable financial asset”) + -ize.

Words formed from securitize

Questions about securitize

What does securitize mean?
Securitize means to convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.
What part of speech is securitize?
Securitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of securitize?
The past tense of securitize is securitized.

Words near securitize in the dictionary

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

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