sentences:  Subordination (finance)
  
  Subordination in banking and finance refers to the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets.Subordination is the process by which a creditor is placed in a lower priority for the collection of its debt from its debtor's assets than the priority the creditor previously had, In common parlance, the debt is said to be subordinated but in reality, it is the right of the creditor to collect the debt that has been reduced in priority.