Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collateralized debt obligation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: col-lat-er-al-ized debt obli-ga-tion
IPA

46

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets.

Inflected Forms

collateralized debt obligations (plural)

Phrases

credit default swap mortgage bond too big to fail

Frequently Paired Words

credit default swap mortgage bond too big to fail

Synonyms

CDO

Questions

What does collateralized debt obligation mean?: A type of asset-backed security and structured credit product constructed from a portfolio of fixed-income assets.

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