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bridging loan

British  

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

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

So taxpapers wouldn’t actually stump up cash - unless the bailout deal collapses, taking the bridging loan with it....

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2015

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