securitize
/sɪkjˈʊɹətˌaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To convert assets or claims (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.
Example Sentences
- "Once the private sector had discovered securitization, it securitized any claim imaginable, from residential mortgages to receivables for products and services from cars to credit cards and student loans; the original policy goal of lowering the costs of credit for homeowners gave away to minting as much private money (or debt) as investors demanded."
Etymology
Etymology tree English security Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English securitize From security (“tradeable financial asset”) + -ize.