Sentence examples for collateral money from inspiring English sources

His conclusion: "Banks were lending based on real estate collateral; money was created by this lending, which in turn drove up real estate prices.

But in 2008 the painting was put up for auction because Mr. Esmerian had also used the work as collateral against money he owed.

They use phrases they had probably never heard a year ago, terms like "collateral offset" (money from other sources, like life insurance) and "presumptive amount" (what their loved one's projected lifetime income looks like on a government chart).

For example, its former chairman, Ralph O. Esmerian, promised to donate his collection of folk art, including a version of Edward Hicks's "Peaceable Kingdom," but Mr. Esmerian also put the painting up as collateral against money he owed, and in 2008 it was put up for auction.

Banks had to post collateral against the money they borrowed.

The receipts had been used as collateral to borrow money to lend them.

But the company was using those funds as collateral to borrow money and invest in riskier securities.

It was American investors who chased higher returns without any careful examination of the underlying pools of collateral, providing more money for these overzealous banks to lend.

Like banks anywhere, the Greek banks had large holdings of their own government's debt, which they used as collateral on international money markets.

The result, says one banker involved in advising firms, is that many of them are asking firms to post collateral for the money they owe on derivative contracts.

The assistance provides emergency cash to banks in the euro zone that no longer have enough collateral to borrow money under normal terms from the central bank.