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

collateral hyperemia, collateral inheritance, collateral ligament, collateral sulcus, collateral vessel, collateralize, collateralized debt obligation, collation, collative, collator, colleague

Also especially British, col·lat·er·al·ise.

Origin of collateralize

First recorded in 1940–45; collateral + -ize

Related forms

col·lat·er·al·i·za·tion, nounun·der·col·lat·er·al·ized, adjective

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