sub-prime

Adjective

Meaning

sub-prime (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of subprime

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

cadastral

Examples

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a sub-prime fish loan and you're in business, buddy. Stephen Colbert

There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded. Jon Ronson

After leading the nation in population growth for over a decade, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, followed by the recession, led to a slowing in the growth of Phoenix. Source: Internet

As 2008 drew to a close, no capital markets around the globe, including Qatar’s, were immune to the effects of the sub-prime fallout. Source: Internet

Being among the first to identify a possible sub-prime bust, Arthur Andersen dissociated itself from a number of clients in the 1970s. Source: Internet

Here’s an example: “The banks who did poorly were hit hard by the sub-prime mortgage crisis.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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