Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcollateralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-col-lat-er-al-ize
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To collateralize for too large an amount.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Companies seeking to raise capital through bond offerings may often be required to overcollateralize the bonds by pledging assets that surpass the bond’s face value."
"The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is expected to approve Ripple Labs’ RLUSD stablecoin — an overcollateralized dollar-pegged stablecoin — in the coming days, sources revealed to Fox Business."

Etymology

From over- + collateralize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

overcollateralizes (present, singular) overcollateralizing (participle, present) overcollateralized (participle, past) overcollateralized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overcollateralization

Questions

What does overcollateralize mean?: To collateralize for too large an amount.
Where does overcollateralize come from?: From over- + collateralize.

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