Debt Service
The amount of principal and interest required to be paid on an issue of bonds.
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Sinking Fund
A fund, often held by the Trustee under an Indenture but sometimes held directly by an Issuer (e.g., a Sinking Fund established under local law in connection with a water or sewer enterprise system) 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. This fund is sometimes referred to as the “Debt Service Fund” or the “Bond Fund.”
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Revenue Fund
A fund into which pledged revenues may be required to be deposited as received and from which disbursements are made to pay allowable operations and maintenance expenses and to meet debt service requirements and deposit requirements to other funds.
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Good Faith Deposit
The amount, if any, required to be paid to the issuer by the underwriter at the time the bonds are sold, which serves as the amount retained by the Issuer as compensation for any damages caused to the issuer by the underwriter failing to purchase the bonds at the closing.