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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

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

Schäuble called for MPs to agree on the €86 bn package, the first tranche of which - €26 bn - is meant be used to pay off the bridging loan issued in July.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 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