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cash sweep

phrase

C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A provision requiring the borrower to apply a defined percentage of surplus cash or excess cash flow in prepayment of the loan.

The excess cash flow sweep captured half of the group's surplus at the end of each financial year.

Similar: excess cash flow sweep

Topic: Banking & finance law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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