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A person who holds some security, such as a mortgage, for money that they have lent.
Debt backed by collateral in the form of real or monetary assets.  The debt provider takes a legal charge or mortgage debenture against the asset pledged as security.
 
All other things being equal, secured debt is safer for the lender than unsecured debt.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Mortgage]]
* [[Collateral]]
* [[Debenture]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Unsecured debt]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

Debt backed by collateral in the form of real or monetary assets. The debt provider takes a legal charge or mortgage debenture against the asset pledged as security. All other things being equal, secured debt is safer for the lender than unsecured debt.

See also