securitization.

1. The creation of tradable securities backed by a pool of assets or associated payment claims.

2. The process of presenting an issue as a security threat in ways that seek to justify exceptional priorities or measures.

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Words that belong together

• asset securitization
• securitization of mortgages

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Securitization allowed the originator to transfer some mortgage-related claims to investors.

The report traced how securitization redistributed risk rather than assuming it removed risk.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: financial analysis, risk evaluation, comparison, explanation. Disciplines: economics, finance, business. Commonness: uncommon.