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refinancing

British  
/ ˌriːfɪˈnænsɪŋ /

noun

  1. a method of paying a debt by borrowing additional money thus creating a second debt in order to pay the first

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If a cycle of higher refinancing costs and insufficient fiscal adjustment undermines investor confidence, gold could benefit as an asset that doesn’t depend on a government’s repayment promise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Homeowners might use AI to monitor rates, for instance, and automatically prepare the necessary documentation for refinancing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Bassman said a few years ago most mortgages were hovering at low interest rates, with valuations deeply discounted as refinancing looked less likely.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The deal comes as U.S. regulators are probing Walter’s insurance empire, and he has been refinancing assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In the majority of cases the need of refinancing arises from bad management, and the effect of refinancing is simply to pay the poor managers to keep up their bad management a little longer.

From My Life and Work by Henry Ford

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