Meaning of Collateral | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
   countable, uncountable
2. A collateral (not linear) family member.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
   countable, uncountable
4. Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
   countable, uncountable
5. A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
   countable, uncountable
6. A contemporary or rival.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“"The decline⟳ in the quality of eligible collateral is a grave problem. The ECB is now buying corporate bonds that are close⟳ to junk, and the haircuts can barely deal⟳ with a one-notch credit downgrade. The reputational risk⟳ of such actions by a central bank would have⟳ been unthinkable in the past."”

“In colonial times, when land⟳ was not worth much and banks didn’t exist⟳, most lending was based on human property. In the early 1700s, slaves were the dominant collateral in South Carolina.”

“Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call⟳ collaterals.”

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