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back-to-back loan

back-to-back loan noun: a transaction where a sum borrowed for one country is secured by a deposit of the same company (internal financing) or its stakeholder (external financing) at the same or two different operating companies of the lending financial institution (which may have different legal consequences under taxation law), motivated by hedging against currency fluctuations, restrictive banking regulations in the target country, tax avoidance or money laundering etc.

Noun

back-to-back loan (plural back-to-back loans)

  1. A transaction where a sum borrowed for one country is secured by a deposit of the same company (internal financing) or its stakeholder (external financing) at the same or two different operating companies of the lending financial institution (which may have different legal consequences under taxation law), motivated by hedging against currency fluctuations, restrictive banking regulations in the target country, tax avoidance or money laundering etc.

Forms of back-to-back loan

pluralback-to-back loans

Origin of back-to-back loan

From back-to-back + loan.

Questions about back-to-back loan

What does back-to-back loan mean?
Back-to-back loan means a transaction where a sum borrowed for one country is secured by a deposit of the same company (internal financing) or its stakeholder (external financing) at the same or two different operating companies of the lending financial institution (which may have different legal consequences under taxation law), motivated by hedging against currency fluctuations, restrictive banking regulations in the target country, tax avoidance or money laundering etc.
What part of speech is back-to-back loan?
Back-to-back loan is a noun.
What is the plural of back-to-back loan?
The plural of back-to-back loan is back-to-back loans.

Words near back-to-back loan in the dictionary

  1. back-taxying
  2. back-timing
  3. back-to-back
  4. back-to-back connection
  5. back-to-back connections
  6. back-to-back loan
  7. back-to-back loans
  8. back-to-back-to-back
  9. back-to-backs
  10. back-to-basics
  11. back-to-nature

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