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securitization

noun
/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪtʌɪzeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From securitize + -ation.

  1. derived from sēcūrus — “safe, secure”
  2. derived from sēcūritās
  3. derived from securité
  4. inherited from securite
  5. suffixed as securitize — “security + ize”
  6. suffixed as securitization — “securitize + ation”

Definitions

  1. The fact or process of securitizing assets

    The fact or process of securitizing assets; the conversion of loans into securities, usually in order to sell them on to other investors.

    • Securitization became a fee-based business. […] The logic of private-label securitization was mass production, and new mortgages had to be fed into this machine constantly to sustain it.

  2. The act of convincing a relevant audience to treat a topic as a matter of security…

    The act of convincing a relevant audience to treat a topic as a matter of security (regardless of whether it constitutes an actual threat), thus justifying the use of extraordinary measures.

    • The emphasis on the securitization of immigration actually began before September 11 and has resulted in policy change towards criminalizing undocumented immigrants in both the United States and Europe.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for securitization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA