How to Use securitize in a Sentence

securitize

verb
  • Instead, Duke is putting together a deal to securitize the costs, issuing a bond that would be paid back over 10 years.
    Mark Chediak, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2020
  • Borghi pushed back against Draghi, saying that mini-BOTs would just securitize already existing debt.
    Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • Small suppliers have been able to offload receivables from the likes of China Vanke and Country Garden at a discount to third-party factors, who securitize them and sell them to investors.
    Andrew Peaple, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Banks can choose which mortgages to securitize and sell, but Fannie and Freddie are essentially required to buy any mortgages that meet certain criteria.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Still, big banks have continued packaging loans that finance companies then securitize and sell to investors.
    Tom Metcalf, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
  • Mortgage rates in the United States are rising quickly, yet a Miami startup is racing to securitize home loans with cryptocurrency.
    Jon Markman, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • According to Charania, Dinwiddie's plan is to start his own company to securitize his deal as a digital token.
    Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Straits Trading hopes to realize larger gains and has begun to securitize some of these assets into a private trust—part of a broader strategy to divest mature properties and reinvest the capital, Chew says.
    Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Rather than require customers to pay their entire bill at once, electric providers could allow for a payment plan and municipal power companies may seek to securitize the debt and extend repayment over several years to cushion the impact.
    Russell Gold, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Delinquent taxes are an issue the city will continue to face in 2018 – City Council is considering legislation to securitize tax liens, which means selling them to collection agencies.
    Laura McCrystal, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • These would securitize a portion of future profits to fund payouts, thereby enabling shareholders to take only a temporary hit to value rather than permanent dilution from straight equity issuance.
    Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019

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