ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Buydown

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Buydown is a noun meaning (finance) An accelerated repayment of the principal of a loan.

Meaning

(finance) An accelerated repayment of the principal of a loan.

More Meanings

  1. (mortgage finance) A payment by a third-party to a lender to reduce some of all of the payments otherwise required, especially in first few years of the loan, thereby enhancing the apparent quality of the loan.

Word Forms

Synonyms for buydown

Depending on context, synonyms include prepayment, accelerated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include down, dubdown, downing, downdoot, pourdown, downtick.

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