securitize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.

Word forms

securitize securitizes securitizing securitized

Etymology

From security (“tradeable financial asset”) + -ize.

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