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ISDA’s verbal profligacy won’t stop enthusiastic credit officers amplifying the list even further, of course. What about [[precious metals|precious metal]] transactions? {{tag|Letter of credit}} reimbursement obligations? [[Indebtedness]]? What indeed?
ISDA’s verbal profligacy won’t stop enthusiastic credit officers amplifying the list even further, of course. What about [[precious metals|precious metal]] transactions? {{tag|Letter of credit}} reimbursement obligations? [[Indebtedness]]? What indeed?


====An odd cognitive dissonance====
====An odd [[cognitive dissonance]]====
The framers of {{dust}} ''deliberately'' neglected to include [[borrowed money]] or [[indebtedness]], because these are picked up under the wider scope of the {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} provision which, of course, applies to indebtedness your counterparty owes to ''anyone'', not just you. Still, there is weirdness: {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} contemplates a {{isdaprov|Threshold Amount}} before it can be triggered. {{isdaprov|DUST}} doesn’t. So this leads to an odd gap:
The framers of {{dust}} ''deliberately'' neglected to include [[borrowed money]] or [[indebtedness]], because these are picked up under the wider scope of the {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} provision which, of course, applies to indebtedness your counterparty owes to ''anyone'', not just you. Still, there is weirdness: {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} contemplates a {{isdaprov|Threshold Amount}} before it can be triggered. {{isdaprov|DUST}} doesn’t. So this leads to an odd gap: