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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

Figures confirm Lord Brownlow reimbursed the party for a "bridging loan" it initially provided for some of the works.

From BBC Aug. 26, 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

BST09:50 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

If the talks are not completed in time, European authorities who provided a 7 billion euro bridging loan to allow Athens to meet debt repayments this week may have to provide further temporary financing.

From Reuters Jul. 23, 2015

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