Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CAPITALIZED INTEREST
  
  is the accrued interest added to the principal balance of a loan while you are not making payments or your payments are insufficient to cover both the principal and interest due. When this occurs, you are paying interest on interest, sometimes called "negative amortization".
  
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