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indemnity bond

 
 
noun [C] INSURANCE

Definition

a legal agreement in which a financial organization promises to make a payment to an organization that has lent money if they do not get the loan back: Lenders reduce their risk by using indemnity bonds for mortgages over 70-80 % of the value of the property.
(Definition of indemnity bond noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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