In addition, should the release be structured as a loan rather than an outright sale, effectively borrowing future oil today, market participants would perceive a more bullish forward balance.

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Used to be that a company borrowing to cover payroll or an inventory buildup would get a 12-month bank loan backed by tangible assets.

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If your borrowing requirements are likely to be longer term then a personal loan might be a better option than an overdraft.

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Much of the borrowing by athletes has been accomplished through Loan and Security Agreements with a select few private lenders.

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On top of Mr Flaherty's measures, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada's banking regulator, slapped a loan-to-value limit of 65% on borrowing against home equity.

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If the borrowing taxpayer has met the requirement, he or she would have a long-term loan to be paid back at a competitive interest rate.

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For decades, it has been possible to get round these rules by paying the loan back a day or two before the year end, and then borrowing it back again a few days later.

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But leaders resisted a second, much more ambitious move by the commission: to use the same treaty clause to create a stabilisation fund of unlimited size that it would also control, this time borrowing against loan guarantees from national governments.

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With borrowing rates so high, loan-to-value ratios on houses can be twice as much as a home's market value, whereas in a more balanced market they would be at 75%.

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