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noun
An accelerated repayment of the principal of a loan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
A payment by a third-party to a lender to reduce some of all of the payments otherwise required, especially in first few years of the loan, thereby enhancing the apparent quality of the loan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: mortgage finance
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History
From buy + down.
