Some states have legal limits against non-conforming loans for residential real estate.

The U.S. would vote and work against loans from international agencies.

How much is Gateway setting aside as a reserve against loans that might go bad?

Britain's had to provide more than £27 billion ($17 billion) against bad loans over that period.

The bank set aside $1.08 billion as a cushion against potentially bad loans in 1999, down from $1.15 billion a year earlier.

These are surplus cars the government has accepted as security against price-support loans.

The 1989 loan provision was taken to protect the bank against loans to less developed countries.

The recent bullish housing market has conspired against bridge loans.

The net loss in 1987 included a $220 million addition to the reserve against loans to certain countries with severe debt servicing problems.

Consumer Reports magazine has warned against such loans since 1983, when they began to become popular.