The first loans were often large and given to investments in rural areas.

In other circumstances, commercial agreements, tariffs and loans might give diplomatic leverage.

The loan does not resolve the city's fiscal crisis but gives it some breathing room.

So loans to other institutions give it wall space to show other portions of the permanent collection.

And who gets a loan just to give it back to the same bank that made the loan?

Its goal is to check that a new credit or loan given to an individual lies inside financial capacities of the concerned people.

The new loan gives the government some breathing room to proceed with its economic program without the immediate threat of default hanging over it.

The loans also give the lender the first claim on the company's assets if it goes bust.

The loan gives Eurotunnel its second breakthrough in two days.

A bridging loan can also give you an upper hand when buying in a very slow market.