second lien
Americannoun
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A $1.3 billion portfolio write-down resulted from borrower struggles and underperforming 2021 second lien and junior debt deals.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
The campaign said the company did not receive a record of the second lien but would resolve it as necessary.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2020
Claire’s 9 percent first lien notes due in 2019 trade at about 60 cents on the dollar, and its 8.875 percent second lien notes trade closer to 20 cents.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2017
Because troubled borrowers often have many unsecured debts, such cases would typically generate far less for Bank of America, often as little as 10 percent of the outstanding value on a second lien.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
The one that is the first recorded has the first lien, the one recorded next the second lien, and so on.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
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