Adjective
sub-prime (not comparable)
Alternative spelling of subprime
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