Darlehensvaluta

loan disbursement amount

noun dahr-LAY-hens-vah-loo-tah Rare

Origin: from Latin 'valuta' (value)

Also means

nominal loan value

Usage Note

Darlehensvaluta is the actual sum paid out to the borrower at the start of a loan. It may differ from the nominal amount if a Disagio (discount) is applied. Mortgage contracts in Germany state the Darlehensvaluta explicitly.

Examples

"Nach Abzug des Disagios betrug die Darlehensvaluta nur 97.000 Euro."

Natural Translation

After deducting the discount, the loan disbursement amount was only 97,000 euros.

Literal Translation

After deduction of-the discount amounted the loan-disbursement-amount only 97,000 euros.

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