Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ACCELERATION CLAUSE
  
  A clause used in an installment note and mortgage (or deed of trust), which gives the lender the right to demand payment in full upon the occurrence of a certain even, such as failure to pay an installment payment by a certain date, change of ownership without the lenders consent, destruction of the property or any other event which endangers the security of the loan.
  
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