释义 |
collateralcol‧lat‧e‧ral1 /kəˈlætərəl/ noun [uncountable] - If unsecured, no specific assets are pledged as collateral for the loan.
- The firm pledges its inventory as collateral for a short-term loan, but the lender has no physical control over the inventory.
- The government could then instruct all banks not to push companies into default and not to dispose of any collateral.
- The seven companies expect to lose nearly half the money they lent after selling collateral held on the nonperforming debt.
- There were 150 tonnes in Western banks as loan collateral.
- They have also found it hard to use their buildings as collateral for loans.
► Loansamortize, verbAPR, nounborrowing powers, nouncollateral, nouncompound interest, nouncreditor, nouncredit rating, nouncreditworthy, adjectivedebenture, noundebit note, nounfinance, nounfinance, verbfinance company, nounforeclose, verbhire purchase, nouninterest, nouninterest-free, adjectiveinterest rate, nounletter of credit, nounliquidate, verbliquidation, nounliquidator, nounmoneylender, nounmoney market, nounmoratorium, nounmortgage, nounmortgage, verbofficial receiver, nounowing, adjectivepayable, adjectiveprime rate, nounpromissory note, nounredeem, verbremission, nounremit, verbremortgage, verbrepay, verbrepayable, adjectiverepayment, nounrepossess, verbreschedule, verbsavings and loan association, nounsecure, verbsecurity, nounsequester, verbsequestrate, verbsettlement, nounsimple interest, nounsurety, nounundischarged, adjectiveusurer, nounusurious, adjectiveusury, nounventure capital, noun ► put up ... as collateral We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme. property or other goods that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back the money they lend you SYN security: We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.—collateralize American English verb [transitive] |