Rating
A judgment by a rating agency as to the credit quality of a bond.
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Rating Agency
A national credit agency providing an independent appraisal of the credit quality of the Issuer, the Conduit Borrower, if any, and/or the Bond Issue. The largest Rating Agencies are S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings.
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Preliminary Expenditures
Expenditures for a project that can be financed with proceeds of bonds without obeying the federal income tax rules relating to reimbursements, up to a limit of 20% of the proceeds of the bonds to be issued to finance the project.