Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

term loan

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: ter-m loan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monetary loan that is repaid in regular payments over a set period of time.

Example Sentences

"The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver."

Inflected Forms

term loans (plural)

Questions

What does term loan mean?: A monetary loan that is repaid in regular payments over a set period of time.

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