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something that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back a loan
They put up their house as collateral for the loan.
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Recent Examples of collateral
Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Your car is collateral for the loan, so some lenders won’t lend more than 100% of the value of the vehicle.
—Maya Benjamin, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Her parents, both real estate investors, became her first backers, putting up collateral from the family portfolio.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Instead, crypto needs to internalize a few basic principles and tools borrowed from traditional economic and financial systems: capital buffers, collateral standards, stress-testing mechanisms and early-warning systems.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Your car is collateral for the loan, so some lenders won’t lend more than 100% of the value of the vehicle.
—Maya Benjamin, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The Kahns said those were seized by Waukesha State Bank eight years ago as part of loan collateral used by the restaurant's last operator, Thomas Hauck.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Her parents, both real estate investors, became her first backers, putting up collateral from the family portfolio.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral
Noun
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Studying volcanic deposits on archaeological sites fills in only one piece of the puzzle, though.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2025
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Fidelity Investments Learn More Minimum deposit and balance Minimum deposit and balance requirements may vary depending on the investment vehicle selected.—
Jasmin Suknanan,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Moreover, experiments have repeatedly shown that speed readers’ peripheral vision is no better than that of a regular reader.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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That's because your peripheral vision is much more atuned to brightness than your direct vision.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Outbreaks are defined as three or more related cases.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The litigation was dismissed in June 2021 after the Justice Department, under new leadership, dropped the case and a related criminal inquiry.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The White House did introduce additional 25% tariffs on all Indian imports in response to New Delhi's continued purchases of Russian oil and military goods.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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With the start of the Gold Rush in 1949, Conrad writes, San Francisco almost instantly turned into a significant global port, with people and goods flowing in from around the world.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The tournament will provide a major boost in tourism for the host cities, from a soar in hotel and restaurant bookings and transportation fees, alongside opening up additional jobs.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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And that’s before the stadiums, training facilities and additional bills land.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The city released the draft subsequent environmental impact report and associated technical studies in March.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Suspects may not be named if ongoing reporting of the associated court proceedings is not immediately planned.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Flustered by the breaking stuff from Cleveland starter Gavin Williams and equally hapless against the Guardians bullpen, the Tigers did little outside of a Riley Greene home run and an RBI double from Wenceel Perez to mount an attack.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Broncos offense rarely runs the stuff right now that the Broncos defense can’t defend.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of the more benign but notable side effects is that, ironically, taking supplemental iron interferes with the absorption of iron from food.—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Drought reduces available pasture and forage, leaving ranchers without enough grass to sustain their herds and forcing them to rely on costly supplemental feed that can quickly become unaffordable.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Collateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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