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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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Debt Service

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

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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Private Activity Bond (PAB)

The term used in the Code to describe any bond issued as part of a bond issue that meets both of the private business tests or meets the private loan financing test.