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• COUNTERPARTY
  
  A term used to identify the "other" party in a two-party transaction. For example, the counterparty of a buyer is the seller to that buyer. The term counterparty is frequently used to identify the other party in repurchase agreement transactions and in interest rate swap transactions.
  
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