revenue anticipation note
noun [C] (abbreviation RAN, also tax anticipation note)Definition
› FINANCE, TAX in the US, a type of bond used to get money for a public project, such as building a road or school. The bond is paid back with money received from users of the road, etc. when it is finished: Last week California sold $8 million in revenue anticipation notes.
(Definition of revenue anticipation note noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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