noun
1 feeling safe/being free from worry
ADJECTIVE
▪ greater
▪ emotional , psychological
▪ economic , financial
▪ job
▪ energy , food
VERB + SECURITY
▪ have
▪
They have the ~ of a good home.
▪ give (sb) , provide (sb with)
▪
He gave her the emotional ~ she needed.
SECURITY + NOUN
▪ blanket (= an object that a child holds in order to feel safe) ( often figurative )
▪
He clings to her like a ~ blanket.
PHRASES
▪ a false sense of ~
▪
The user will be lulled into a false sense of ~.
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
▪ ~ of tenure ( law , esp. BrE )
2 to protect sb/sth from thieves, attack, war, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ heightened
▪ strict , tight
▪ lax
▪ collective
▪ domestic ( esp. AmE ), homeland ( AmE ), internal , national , state
▪ airline , airport , aviation
▪ border , port
▪ personal
▪ home
▪ computer , data , information , Internet , network
▪ long-term
VERB + SECURITY
▪ provide (sb with)
▪ ensure , guarantee
▪ protect
▪
a law to protect national ~
▪ beef up ( informal ), improve , increase , strengthen , tighten , tighten up
▪
We need to tighten ~ around the hotel during the president's visit.
▪ compromise , endanger , jeopardize , threaten , undermine
▪
The leaking of state secrets has compromised national ~.
SECURITY + NOUN
▪ apparatus , forces , services
▪ adviser ( esp. AmE ), expert , guard , man , officer , official , personnel , staff
▪
a former national ~ adviser to President Clinton
▪ arrangements , matters , measures , policy , system
▪ issue , situation
▪ concerns , interests
▪
our national ~ interests
▪ risk , threat
▪ breach
▪ check
▪ checkpoint
▪
Soldiers stand at ~ checkpoints.
▪ clearance
▪
He lost his ~ clearance because he failed a lie-detector test.
▪ camera , device , van ( BrE ), video
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
The bars are to provide ~ against break-ins.
PHRASES
▪ for ~ reasons
▪
For ~ reasons, passengers are requested not to leave any baggage unattended.
▪ a high level of ~
▪ peace and ~
▪ a threat to ~
3 ( esp. BrE ) when you borrow money
VERB + SECURITY
▪ put up (sth as)
▪ use sth as
▪ hold (sth as) , take (sth as)
PREPOSITION
▪ against the ~ of
▪
The bank will make a loan against the ~ of the lender's house.
▪ as ~
▪
She pledged her necklace as ~ for a loan.
▪ ~ for
4 securities financial documents
ADJECTIVE
▪ agency ( esp. AmE ), company , corporate ( esp. AmE ), government , Treasury ( esp. AmE )
▪
foreign ownership of US government securities
▪ foreign ( esp. AmE )
▪ gilt-edged ( BrE ), high-yield , top-rated
▪ long-term , short-term
VERB + SECURITIES
▪ issue
▪ buy , purchase
▪ sell
▪ trade
SECURITIES + NOUN
▪ company , firm
▪
Wall Street securities firms
▪ market
▪
the faltering securities market
▪ broker , lawyer
▪
a securities lawyer with Tinson and Zelkins