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Reasonably Required Reserve or Replacement Fund

A fund maintained to provide Security to bondholders that does not exceed the least of (i) 10% of the stated Principal amount of the Bond Issue (Issue Price if more than a de minimis amount of Original Issue Discount or Premium), (ii) the maximum annual Principal and Interest requirements of the Bonds, or (iii) 125% of the average annual Debt Service requirements of the Bonds.

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Debt Service Reserve Fund

The fund established as a reserve for payment of debt service on revenue bonds in the event there is insufficient money to make a debt service payment.

Debt Service

The amount of principal and interest required to be paid on an issue of bonds.

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Underwriter’s Discount

The difference between the amount an underwriter pays the issuer for the bonds at the closing (i.e., the purchase price) and the price at which the underwriter sells the bonds to the public (i.e., the issue price).