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bridging loan

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noun

  1. a loan made to cover the period between two transactions, such as the buying of another house before the sale of the first is completed

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The Exchange Stabilization Fund is the Treasury’s crisis-funding vehicle through which the bridging loan to prop up the Argentine currency would be made.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2025

He had taken out a £3.6m bank loan and a bridging loan secured against his main residence.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2021

Its director Jennifer Griffiths says better government support is needed, such as low-interest bridging loan schemes with repayments only starting when the individual has a basic standard of living.

From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2021

When the German carrier Air Berlin came close to bankruptcy in 2017, the government granted the airline a bridging loan of 150 million euros, about $165 million, that allowed it to continue flying.

From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019

Among the documents sent from the European Commission to the Eurogroup, there is one on a bridging loan as a contingency plan.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2015

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