balloon payment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.

Word forms

balloon payment balloon payments

Etymology

So called because the debt becomes inflated like a balloon as a result of the compound interest accumulating on the large sum.

Synonyms

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