counterparty
Americannoun
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counterparties
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of counterparty
1980–85; counter- + party (in the legal sense “a signatory”)
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Whether it’s the house or the casino or the sportsbook, they are the counterparty to every trade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Any extreme single-day moves in an underlying stock could wipe out a leveraged fund’s equity, leaving the counterparty exposed to losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Novartis also was the counterparty in the complicated 2014 deal in which GSK swapped its oncology portfolio for the Swiss firm’s vaccines business.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
By market-making, Flutter and DraftKings become a counterparty in certain prediction market trades.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
“Never once has any counterparty been willing to sell me my list at my marks,” he wrote in an e-mail.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Not all of the contractual counterparties to these agreements have the direct government connection of Qatar’s Qatari Diar.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
There is now less pressure on holders of those bonds to hedge their portfolios by entering into derivatives contracts with counterparties who often then offset their own position by dumping Treasurys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The firm has agreed to pay £13m to the counterparties by 31 December and a further £13m by 31 March 2027.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
If LPs experience substantial losses in private-credit investments, they may draw on these facilities or adjust portfolios in ways that affect their bank counterparties.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
“I am actually protesting to my counterparties that there must be fraud in the marketplace for credit default swaps to be at all-time lows,” Burry wrote in an e-mail to an investor he trusted.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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