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reˈfinance, v.
(also -fɪˈnæns)
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To finance again; to provide with further capital. So refinanced ppl. a.; refinancing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1908Standard 6 Apr. 6/4 Plans have been drafted for the refinancing of the Erie Railway Company. 1921Glasgow Herald 6 July 8/2 The first important refinancing operation, since the Funding and Victory issues, was the Conversion Loan announced with the Budget statement. 1922Daily Mail 26 Oct. 3 The conditions of the Government guarantee and the details of the scheme for re-financing the company were first officially announced. 1930Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Oct. 893/1 Oscar, generously refinanced through ‘Gamy’, is sailing..safely into harbour. 1934Planning I. xix. 3 Refinancing in the post-war boom had left an evil legacy: the practices of local finance, of the issue of part-paid shares and of calling up unpaid capital had intensified the problem and to a large extent control had passed into the hands of the banks. 1971Flying Apr. 25/2 The R. J. Enstrom Helicopter Company..is being reactivated and refinanced as a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Capital Corp. of Michigan. 1976Economist 16 Oct. 102/2 Instead of forcing foreigners to convert their sterling holdings into other reserve assets once and for all, such a scheme would allow Britain to refinance any rundown in its sterling balances, both private and official, as and when it occurred. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 428/1 There would be danger, if interest rates fell substantially, that mortgages would be redeemed and refinanced.
Hence reˈfinance n., renewed or additional finance; chiefly attrib. in refinance credit (see quot. 1970); refiˈnanceable a., capable of being refinanced.
1959Economist 28 Feb. 817/1 The authorities have not lifted the ban on ‘refinance’ credits... These are usance credits, usually of three months' duration, opened in order to meet sight drafts payable in London. 1965Ibid. 19 June p. ix/1 What of ‘refinanceable credits’— the portions of medium-term advances for export credits which now allow the banks to grant such advances with no impact on their liquidity ratio? 1970Penguin Dict. Commerce 276 Refinance credits, credits obtainable by an overseas buyer, where the exporter cannot provide credit and the buyer does not wish to pay cash. 1976Bank of England Q. Bull. XVI. 194 Cash flow may well be negative in the earlier years, thus requiring refinance at uncertain interest rates. |