Terms Used In Tennessee Code 13-23-304

• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Loan fund pool: means appropriations by the state and any appropriations, reserves or dedications of any funds by any county which desires to participate in the homebuyers' revolving loan fund pool. See Tennessee Code 13-23-302
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Qualifying matching share: means funds from any source, other than funds appropriated, reserved or dedicated by the state or any county to specifically fund the state or any local portion, which are used to fund the amount of any loan not funded by the loan fund pool. See Tennessee Code 13-23-302
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105