COLLATERAL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for COLLATERAL, such as:

1. You of all people shouldn't have to bother about collateral.
2. The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
3. People put up their homes as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
4. I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.

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 Meanings and Examples of COLLATERAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
collateral
 n.  security pledged for repayment of loan
Classic Sentence:
1  And I'll lend it to you--without, my dear Mrs. Kennedy, that charming collateral you offered me a short while ago.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  You of all people shouldn't have to bother about collateral.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  But as you and Frank have made a little money, I know you'll never be driven to me again with any interesting propositions of loans and collaterals.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence:
1  I would rather loan a million dollars on character than on any other collateral in the world.
2  People put up their homes as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
3  The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
4  The group took on a mix of investigations and new probes into misrepresentations by securities originators and underwriters, failures to repurchase problematic loans and failures to transfer ownership of collateral into the securities in question.