Truth in Lending Act
Truth in Lending
Act Finance Definition
The popular name for the Consumer Credit Protection Act
of 1988. See Consumer Credit Protection
Act of 1988.
Truth-in-Lending Act
Law Definition
n
A federal statute that requires commercial lenders to provide accurate
information relating to the cost of borrowing, in language that a normally
intelligent person could be expected to understand. Lenders must furnish the
dollar amount of the interest charges, as well as the annual rate of interest.
Borrowers pledging real property as collateral must be given a three-day
cooling-off period, during which they may change their minds.
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