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Our glossary of private capital terms

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Covenant Loose (Cov-loose)

Typically referring to a loan which has a Financial Covenant (generally Net or Gross Leverage covenant), but the covenant is quite permissive, ie the maximum threshold is very high compared to the actual leverage of the company at the moment when the financing was put in place.