security interest

noun

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

Examples of security interest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And so the easiest way to avoid this tax, if it was limited simply to security interests on recourse debt, is just not to use security interest. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Thus, the litmus test for providing military and/or financial aid to foreign countries is whether America is protecting its citizens and is that aid promoting our national security interest. Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2024 Locating the permanent Space Command Headquarters on Redstone Arsenal undoubtedly remains in the best national security interest of the United States. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 31 July 2023 Bondholders were deemed to have a security interest only in certain funds in Prepa’s reserve accounts, which represent a fraction of their claims. Andrew Scurria, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023 Japan—which colonized Taiwan for a half century until the end of World War II—has declared Taiwan a national-security interest, and defense officials have suggested that Tokyo would intervene, presumably alongside the U.S., in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Chris Horton, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2021 This is not in our national-security interest. Paul Wolfowitz, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021 This is not in our national security interest. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021 All these things and more can be collateral for a loan secured by a UCC security interest. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of security interest was in 1951

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“Security interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20interest. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

security interest

see interest sense 1

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