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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

But bridging loan providers say their volumes have jumped, even as retail banks warn of rising competition and shrinking business in mortgage lending overall.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2022

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

Separately, the European Council approved the €7bn bridging loan for Greece from an EU-wide emergency fund.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2015

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