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  • 1Debt service coverage ratio — The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), also known as debt coverage ratio, is the ratio of cash available for debt servicing to interest, principal and lease payments. It is a popular benchmark used in the measurement of an entity s (person or… …

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  • 2Debt service — Interest payment plus repayments of principal to creditors, that is, retirement of debt. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * debt service ˈdebt ˌservice also ˈdebt ˌservicing noun [uncountable] FINANCE when a company, government, or… …

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  • 3debt service — A term used to refer to the amount of principal and interest payments required by a borrower s loans or securities issued. Also used as a verb to describe making such payments. American Banker Glossary interest payment ( interest payments) plus… …

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  • 4debt service — noun : the amount of interest and sinking fund payments due annually on long term debt * * * debt servicing. the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt. * * * debt service, the total… …

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  • 5debt service parity approach — Payment alternatives that provide the firm with the exact same schedule of after tax debt payments (including both interest and principal). Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 6debt service — Synonyms and related words: acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, binder, cash, cash payment, clearance, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge, doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, hire… …

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  • 7Total Debt Service Ratio - TDS — A debt service measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment of whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt. More specifically, this ratio shows the proportion of gross income that is already… …

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  • 8Gross Debt Service Ratio - GDS — A debt service measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment about whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt. Receiving a ratio of less than 30% means that the potential borrower has an… …

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  • 9Debt-for-nature swap — Debt for nature swaps are financial transactions in which a portion of a developing nation s foreign debt is forgiven in exchange for local investments in environmental conservation measures. Contents 1 History 2 How Debt for Nature Swaps Work 3… …

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  • 10service — ▪ I. service ser‧vice 1 [ˈsɜːvs ǁ ˈsɜːr ] noun 1. [countable usually plural] COMMERCE business that involves selling help and advice, or delivering goods etc for customers, rather than manufacturing goods: • He charged a £600,000 fee for… …

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