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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of subordinate.

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Examples

  • RBS was forced pay its 2008 bonuses in subordinated debt after it was rescued by the taxpayer but has warned that it has lost key staff as a result of the restrictions placed on it.

    Regulation only way to curb bonuses, says RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton Jill Treanor 2010

  • Paul Tucker, deputy governor of the Bank of England, suggested that bonuses could be paid in subordinated debt – that is, debt at risk of being worthless in the event of a bank's failure.

    How to rein in banking's bonus junkies Nils Pratley 2010

  • He then argued that ˜being™ (ens) was a univocal term subordinated to a single univocal concept.

    Medieval Theories of Analogy Ashworth, E. Jennifer 2009

  • In December, Mubadala Development Co., the investment arm of Persian Gulf emirate Abu Dhabi, Kuwait Investment Authority and Olayan Group, a Saudi Arabian company, have invested about $1 billion in Related in the form of long-term subordinated debt.

    Middle East Players Arrive 2008

  • Now, the company said it expects to get $364 million through a combination of cash of as much as $130 million and long-term subordinated interest-bearing notes.

    Intel, STMicro 2007

  • We issued $400 million in subordinated debt, which included a noteworthy 30-year tranche.

    Transformation in Canadian Financial Services 1998

  • Apollo has reduced its capital risks by raising long-term subordinated and convertible debt, so we don't envisage a liquidity crisis under most negative scenarios.

    unknown title 2011

  • In addition, Öresund has converted a fixed-term subordinated debenture to HQ of 150 million kronor into a perpetual subordinated debenture.

    The Local - Sweden's news in English 2010

  • SYDNEY - (Dow Jones) - The Australian government Tuesday gave the go-ahead for certain term subordinated bonds to be treated as debt for tax purposes and extended the consultation period for similar rule changes being made for Upper Tier 2 debt.

    FOXNews.com Enda Curran 2010

  • SYDNEY - (Dow Jones) - The Australian government Tuesday gave the go-ahead for certain term subordinated bonds to be treated as debt for tax purposes and extended the consultation period for similar rule changes being made for Upper Tier 2 debt.

    FOXNews.com Enda Curran 2010

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