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Definition of "subordinated" [subordinated]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of subordinate. (verb)

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