security interest

noun

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of security interest

: the rights that a creditor has in the personal property of a debtor that secures an obligation : lien

Recent Examples of security interest from the Web

As South Korean President Moon Jae-in has sought to play the matchmaker between Trump and Kim in hopes of easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Abe has been concerned about an outcome that could leave Japan’s security interests unresolved.

— david nakamura, The Seattle Times, "Trump to meet with Japanese prime minister ahead of potential North Korea summit," 28 May 2018
The committee also found the Trump campaign's periodic praise for and communications with WikiLeaks — a hostile foreign organization — to be highly objectionable and inconsistent with U.S. national security interests.

— olivia gazis, CBS News, "House Intelligence Committee Republicans find "no evidence" of Trump campaign collusion," 27 Apr. 2018
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States.

— matt richardson, Fox News, "US warships, B-1 bombers strike against Assad after suspected chemical attack," 14 Apr. 2018
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States.

— jen kirby, Vox, "Read Trump’s statement on Syria strike: ‘They are crimes of a monster’," 14 Apr. 2018
As the ice retreats, financial and national security interests advance.

— the editors, Scientific American, "Without a Treaty to Share the Arctic, Greedy Countries Will Destroy It," 1 Dec. 2017
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States.

— chris cillizza, CNN, "Why Donald Trump's 'Mission Accomplished' tweet is so tone deaf," 14 Apr. 2018
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States.

— jen kirby, Vox, "Read Trump’s statement on Syria strike: ‘They are crimes of a monster’," 14 Apr. 2018
Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States.

— chris cillizza, CNN, "Why Donald Trump's 'Mission Accomplished' tweet is so tone deaf," 14 Apr. 2018

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