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vendor loan

noun

C2CEFR level
88/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Deferred consideration in which the seller of a business effectively lends part of the purchase price to the buyer, to be repaid over time.

A vendor loan of £20 million bridged the valuation gap and kept the seller invested in a smooth handover.

Similar: vendor financing, seller note

Topic: Corporate finance in Business 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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