Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• PAYMENT PENALTY
  
  Also known as "prepayment penalty" or "early payment penalty", the fee paid by a borrower when she pays out some or all of the principal of a loan at a time when such a payment is not allowed under the terms of the loan.
  
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