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collateralize

[ kuh-lat-er-uh-lahyz ]
/ kəˈlæt ər əˌlaɪz /

verb (used with object), col·lat·er·al·ized, col·lat·er·al·iz·ing.

to secure (a loan) with collateral.
to pledge (property, securities, etc.) as collateral.

Nearby words

  1. collateral hyperemia,
  2. collateral inheritance,
  3. collateral ligament,
  4. collateral sulcus,
  5. collateral vessel,
  6. collateralized debt obligation,
  7. collation,
  8. collative,
  9. collator,
  10. colleague
Also especially British, col·lat·er·al·ise.

Origin of collateralize

First recorded in 1940–45; collateral + -ize
Related formscol·lat·er·al·i·za·tion, nounun·der·col·lat·er·al·ized, adjective
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