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- noun Plural form of
borrower .
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Examples
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Gold and platinum credit cards appeal to short-term borrowers who often use their accounts to float travel and business expenses.
Curtis Arnold: Premium Credit Cards: Golden Goose or Golden Noose? Curtis Arnold 2011
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The market for short-term borrowers and lenders is just about the only place investors haven't lost their cool this week—a big step up from 2008, when the commercial-paper market famously required a Federal Reserve facility to avoid freezing entirely.
Crisis Lessons Learned, Commercial-Paper Market Skates Through Tumult Anusha Shrivastava 2011
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That would mean higher interest rates for long-term borrowers.
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On July 29 and Aug. 8, mortgage REITs plummeted for a different reason: fears that the market for "repurchase agreements," where short-term borrowers go to get cash from money-market funds and other lenders, would freeze up in the event of a U.S. default, making it impossible for REITs to borrow money to keep their leverage up.
Are New REITs Too Risky? Ben Levisohn 2011
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The currency risk that used to be in the hands of borrowers, is more now in the hands of the bond holders.
Emerging-Market Bonds Attract Foreigners Alex Frangos 2010
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Equally not surprisingly, defaults by these politically favored minorities and lower income mortgage borrowers is exactly what set off the world economic crisis. viagra Says:
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Demographic information on these borrowers is sketchy.
The Community Reinvestment Act (update) Not a sheep 2009
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Anonymous: You state that "clearing foreclosures and selling homes to viable borrowers is how we protect our communities."
Foreclosure crisis a 'cancer': Christopher Whalen on impact on banks, housing market, economy Christopher Whalen 2010
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"That kind of advice to borrowers is dangerous," Long said in an interview.
Disputed advice: Making payments on 2nd loan can discourage bank from helping on the first one Kenneth R. Harney 2010
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The only other alternative for these subprime borrowers is a traditional payday loan or cash advance.
Is Peer-to-Peer Lending Working for You? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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