Omar Hamdy

Glossary. Lending and documentation

Covenant

Covenant

A promise in a loan agreement that the borrower must keep for the life of the loan.

Usage: Financial or E&S covenants: التعهدات المالية / البيئية والاجتماعية.

تعهّد (التعهدات)

التزام في اتفاقية التمويل يجب أن يحافظ عليه المقترض طوال مدة التمويل.

المصدر: الصحافة المالية العربية

Source of the Arabic term: Established Arabic financial press

Why a lender reads this

A loan agreement turns these words into dates and money. When one is misread, a drawdown slips or a disbursement stops at a condition nobody planned for. A lender reads each as an obligation with a document behind it.

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