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        | one that is usually made by a bank or institutional lender and that is not insured or guaranteed by a gonvernment entity or agency, such as FHA or VA |  | 
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        | traditional conventional loan |  | Definition 
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        | reductino of the balance of the loan by paying back some of the principal owed on a regular basis |  | 
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        | one for which total payments over the like of a loan pay off the entire balance of principal and interest due at the end of the term (self-liquidating) |  | 
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        | anytime a monthly payment is not sufficient to cover the accrued interest from the previous month |  | 
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