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Glossary

Charge-off

A lender's recognition that a loan will not be repaid, written off against reserves.

A charge-off does not extinguish the debt; collection efforts and any guarantee obligations continue.

On this site, charge-off rates are computed only across FY2010-FY2019 approvals that have reached a terminal status, because recent loans have not had time to resolve.

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