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The concept of security was originally used to explain financial instruments collateralized by physical assets, but in North America, its meaning evolved to include all instruments regardless of whether they feature security or not. Other English speaking countries now utilize the phrase as a synonym for the term monetary instrument. The company or other entity issuing the security is referred to as the issuer. A country's regulating composition can determine what is eligible as a security. By way of example, private investment pools can have some highlights of securities, but they might not be registered or regulated as such if they meet different constraints.

Securities may be manifested by a qualification or, more ordinarily, "non-certificated", that is in digital or "book entry" only form. Certificates may be bearer, which means they entitle the holder to rights under the security just by holding the security, or enlisted, meaning they entitle the holder to rights only if he is found on a security register kept by the issuer or an intermediary. They can include shares of corporate stock or mutual funds, bonds issued by organizations or government agencies, stock options or other options, limited alliance units, and other formalised investment instruments that are negotiable and fungible.

The last few years has seen a huge growth in the use of securities as a guarantee. Purchasing securities with borrowed funds secured by other securities or cash itself is called "buying on margin". Where A is owed a debt or other duty by B, A may require B to deliver property privileges in securities to A, either at development (transfer of title) or only in arrears (non-transfer-of-title institutional). For institutional loans, property rights are not transferred but still allow A in order to reach its claims when B does not make good on its obligations to A or otherwise will become financially troubled. Collateral placements are split into two wide areas, including security interests and outright guarantee transfers. Commonly, commercial banking institutions, investment banks, government departments and other institutional investors including mutual funds are serious collateral takers as well as providers. In addition, private parties may utilize stocks or other securities as collateral for portfolio loans in securities lending situations.

On the consumer level, loans against securities have started into several diverse groups during the last several years: 1) Standard Institutional Loans, normally supplying low loan-to-value with very strict call and coverage regimens, equivalent to standard margin loans; 2) Transfer-of-Title (ToT) Loans, ordinarily which is available from private parties where debtor possession is utterly extinguished save for the rights presented in the loan deal; and 3) Non-Transfer-of-Title Credit Line conveniences where shares are not sold and they function as assets in a regular lien-type brand of cash credit. Of the three, transfer-of-title loans have dropped within the very high-risk category as the quantity of service providers has dwindled as authorities have launched an industry-wide crackdown on transfer-of-title components when the private lender may possibly sell or sell short the securities to finance the loan. See sell short. Institutionally managed consumer securities-based loans, on the flip side, draw loan funds from the financial resources of the lender, not from the sale of the securities.