How to Use counterparty in a Sentence

counterparty

noun
  • That makes the stock go up, and the further up the stock goes, the more stock my counterparty will have to buy.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Gold sitting in a vault under your own control has no counterparty.
    — Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The project suffers, but the counterparty walks away profitable.
    — Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Gecamines was a key counterparty in many of Gertler’s most lucrative copper deals.
    — Thomas Wilson, Bloomberg.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But there is a real lack of information on the size of and counterparty to these exposures.
    — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2018
  • To that end there is a counterparty risk inherent in the stablecoin system.
    — Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The implication is that as the economy slows, and as big banks grow wary of counterparty risk, more small banks will be exposed.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Safe in terms of liquidity and counterparty risk.
    — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing about it asks a compliance officer to approve a new venue, a new wallet or a new counterparty.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Lending gold carries a counterparty risk.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Nov. 2025
  • And, when there is no central counterparty in the traditional sense, where does enforcement fall?
    — Bob Diamond, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In business, sure, suddenly pulling out of a deal in order to scare your counterparty into meeting your terms can work, sometimes.
    — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 26 May 2018
  • Also, while bank regulations are evolving, many banks remain wary of new counterparty risks.
    — Gary Palmer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • But the ceasefire-for-hostages deal, while transacted with Hamas, does not see Hamas as the real counterparty.
    — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Genesis is a counterparty to many in the digital-asset space and is closely watched as a gauge of the industry’s strength.
    — Lydia Beyoud, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Why doesn’t the counterparty have to wait for actual nonperformance of the contract?
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, derivatives can pay off on all sorts of inflationary outcomes (if the counterparty is solvent enough to pay—a big if).
    — James Berman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Is there an opportunity to ask more questions and learn more about the counterparty's reasoning?
    — Oleksandr Strozhemin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Layered on top is a counterparty question that did not exist while the capacity came from hyperscalers.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Concordium builds identity into a layer-1 blockchain, and Kabra says the risk sits with the counterparty.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • This model reduces counterparty risk in the event of an exchange breach, ensuring funds remain protected.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Both sides bear counterparty risk during those 24 hours, and the money sits in limbo instead of doing anything useful.
    — Malana Vantyler, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Blockchain can be used to back smart contracts that automate commercial counterparty transactions.
    — Andrew Bruce, Forbes, 11 June 2021
  • By the time the debt matures, the counterparty would settle in bitcoin—sidestepping the usual route of placing giant buy orders on public markets.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • These wallets have to be set up with each exchange and, therefore, expose investors to the counterparty risk of these unregulated platforms.
    — Patrick Augustin, Fortune, 8 May 2021
  • Such an event would have negative ripple effects on the rest of the financial system as counterparty exposure becomes more of an issue.
    — Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And unlike sovereign bonds or fiat currencies, gold carries no counterparty risks, Melek said.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 June 2025
  • In fact, counterparty perception is even more measurable than the other factors because it is based on quantifiable results.
    — WSJ, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Credit and reputational risk committees vet clients and transactions, and the bank puts limits on how much could be lost from a single client or counterparty.
    — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 7 June 2021
  • The new function, called counterparty market risk, will be headed by Amélie Perrier, according to a staff memo.
    — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 9 July 2021

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