Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balloon payment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
bal-loon -pay-ment
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.

Etymology

So called because the debt becomes inflated like a balloon as a result of the compound interest accumulating on the large sum.

Inflected Forms

balloon payments (plural)

Phrases

bullet payment

Frequently Paired Words

bullet payment amortization

Synonyms

lump sum

Questions

What does balloon payment mean?
An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.
Where does balloon payment come from?
So called because the debt becomes inflated like a balloon as a result of the compound interest accumulating on the large sum.

How to pronounce balloon payment

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