"What you do in a crisis is you want a lender of last resort who is going to lend freely against good collateral,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

If you put a property up as collateral, then the lender knows that they can get the money back from you.

如果你以资产作抵押,贷方就知道债务偿还有了保障

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital (other-otc: CARYF - news - people ) warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.

FORBES: LONDON

Many banks have transferred credit-card loans to home-equity loans, which are tax-deductible for the borrower and offer collateral for the lender.

ECONOMIST: The bigger they are