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financial covenant

phrase

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

An undertaking requiring the borrower to keep specified financial ratios within agreed limits, tested at regular intervals.

A breach of the financial covenants at the quarter end constitutes an event of default.

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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