Deferred Interest

Categories: Bonds, Accounting

Deferred interest refers to a bond where interest payments are deferred (delayed) for some period of time.

The deferred interest earns its own interest, so the net payments to the bondholders will be the same. Start-ups commonly offer these as a way to conserve cash; by the time they have to pay up, hopefully they've started earning some dough.

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