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)
- 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 present | securitizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | securitizing |
| past participle | securitized |
| past | securitized |
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
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