Sinking Fund
A fund to which the issuer or the conduit borrower periodically makes payments or in which revenues from a project are periodically deposited for purposes of paying the debt service on a bond issue.
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Debt Service
The amount of Principal and Interest required to be paid on an Issue of Bonds. Debt Service on any payment date is composed of Accrued Interest on the Bonds and any Principal due on that payment date.
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Accrued Interest
The dollar amount of Interest due on a Bond, computed at that Bond’s Interest Rate, from the last Interest Payment Date to the date of calculation.
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Bond Insurance (Policy)
A financial guaranty insurance policy provided by a bond insurer which pledges to make scheduled payments of interest and principal of a bond issue in the event the issuer is unable to make those payments on time.