overcollateralize

English

overcollateralize (third-person singular simple present overcollateralizes, present participle overcollateralizing, simple past and past participle overcollateralized)

(transitive) To collateralize for too large an amount.
- 2024 January 28, Michael Taylor, “What Is Overcollateralized and How Does It Work?”, in Shifting Shares‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2024 November 29, Vince Quill, “New York regulator set to approve Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin: Report”, in Cointelegraph‎^[2]:
  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.