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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Fast forward: As of last week, Singh was trying to put together a rescue plan that would have required a $3 million bridge loan. Dan Primack, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025 Rabbits Black was the film’s primary financier, while Jordan Wagner’s Wagner Entertainment was brought on to provide a bridge loan. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 The lenders earlier provided Plenty with an $8.6 million bridge loan to prepare for a potential restructuring and prevent the company from shutting down, court papers say. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 Winter said that the rest of the funding for the project will come from a bridge loan from the Connecticut Green Bank and federal tax credits. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bridge loan

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bridge loan was in 1973

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“Bridge loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridge%20loan. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

Legal Definition

bridge loan

see loan

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