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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
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Several of Rivera’s prominent friends, including Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Alina Garcia, offered their own homes as collateral to help Rivera come up with the funds needed to be released from federal custody if a judge agreed to a bond amount.
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Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
For the first time, the Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group, will stage an official collateral exhibition at the 61st Venice Biennale.
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Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
One of the laptops ran a digital map; icons, shaped like inverted teardrops, marked addresses that lenders were paying Pitman’s company to pay Pitman to check, for collateral.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Several of Rivera’s prominent friends, including Miami-Dade Elections Supervisor Alina Garcia, offered their own homes as collateral to help Rivera come up with the funds needed to be released from federal custody if a judge agreed to a bond amount.
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Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Adjective
Due to collateral protection, HELOC lenders charge a lot less in interest, about one-third of what a credit card lender charges.
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Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
For the first time, the Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group, will stage an official collateral exhibition at the 61st Venice Biennale.
—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collateral
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Democrats have also increased taxes on businesses, paid for programs out of other funds and suspended reserve deposits among other solutions.
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Charles Schwab Learn More Minimum deposit and balance Minimum deposit and balance requirements may vary depending on the investment vehicle selected.
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The National Marrow Donor Program had matched him with a woman battling a rare blood disease, calling on him to donate peripheral blood stem cells through a long blood draw.
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The flare-up quickly transformed Lebanon from a peripheral concern into a central question hanging over the Iran war and the nascent peace talks.
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In some ways, the hub represents a doubling-down on that and other related relationships.
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Other related rosters, such as the Billboard 200, also take into account streaming activity.
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This World Cup has been bringing the absolute goods from day one.
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White delivery vans with orange Katapulk logos splashed across each side delivered goods all over the island.
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During Thursday evening’s Board of Commissioners meeting, officials unanimously, and with no additional discussion, approved Johnston’s exit agreement and named Assistant County Administrator Alan Howze as his replacement for the rest of the year.
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More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.
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Pineapple contains bromelain, a group of protein-digesting enzymes, which help your body better digest and absorb protein foods and their associated nutrients.
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Guests can take part in an associated passport program until July 31.
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Addam has a dragon and got to swoop in after all the fighting for the warm and fuzzy stuff.
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Tackle one section of a room at a time—a nightstand, dresser, desk, or medicine cabinet—to help give more structure and direction when working in with lots of stuff.
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Provide supplemental irrigation as needed during the first year after planting to develop a robust root system.
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Prestigious universities, including Miami, Tulane, WashU, and UNC, are eliminating supplemental essays from their college applications, following a trend set by TCU and UVA.
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“Collateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collateral. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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