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CLN

CLN is the initialism of credit-linked note.

Meaning of credit-linked note

Noun

credit-linked note (plural credit-linked notes)

  1. A form of funded credit derivative, structured as a security with an embedded credit default swap allowing the issuer to transfer a specific credit risk to credit investors. The issuer is not obligated to repay the debt if a specified event occurs, which eliminates a third-party insurance provider.
    Synonyms:
    minibond, CLN

Forms of CLN

pluralCLNs

Questions about CLN

What is CLN the initialism of?
CLN is the initialism of credit-linked note.

Words near CLN in the dictionary

  1. CLLEX
  2. cllr
  3. cllrs
  4. CLLs
  5. clm
  6. CLN
  7. CLNs
  8. CLO
  9. clo' prop
  10. clo' props
  11. clo'es

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: CLN (page history and authors); credit-linked note (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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