bridge loan
noun
: a short-term loan used to finance an enterprise, investment, or government pending the receipt of other funds
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All told, the couple paid a little more than $7,000 for the experience, which Galde estimates would have been nearly $9,000 with a traditional bridge loan.
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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 May 2026
The company has an enormous short-term bridge loan — approximately $49 billion — that will need to be refinanced in approximately 10 months.
—Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Under the terms of the bridge loan, SpaceX is required to use the IPO proceeds to repay the bridge loan if other funding sources are not secured within six months after the IPO.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Those ideas included branding and signage inside the Billingsley Tennis Center for corporate partners, Razorback Foundation financial support via a bridge loan and sponsorships in the form of jersey patches.
—Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 28 May 2026
The company has an enormous short-term bridge loan — approximately $49 billion — that will need to be refinanced in approximately 10 months.
—Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Under the terms of the bridge loan, SpaceX is required to use the IPO proceeds to repay the bridge loan if other funding sources are not secured within six months after the IPO.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Those ideas included branding and signage inside the Billingsley Tennis Center for corporate partners, Razorback Foundation financial support via a bridge loan and sponsorships in the form of jersey patches.
—Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
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“Bridge loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridge%20loan. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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