balloon payment

balloon payment definition - business

balloon payment

A final loan payment that is significantly larger than the payments preceding it. For example, a bond issuer may redeem 3% of the original issue each year for 20 years and then retire the remaining 40% in the year of maturity. See also bullet loan.

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