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acceleration clause
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noun
a provision of a mortgage, loan, or the like that advances the date of payment under certain circumstances.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of acceleration clause
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby acceleration clause
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