### Question
What does prepayment of a loan mean?


### Answer
**Prepayment of a loan** has the following meaning in *2 U.S.C. § 900*:

> payments to the United States made in advance of the schedules set by law or contract when the financial asset is first acquired, such as the prepayment to the Federal Financing Bank of loans guaranteed by the Rural Electrification Administration

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 900*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 20-EMERGENCY POWERS TO ELIMINATE BUDGET DEFICITS > SUBCHAPTER I-ELIMINATION OF DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT**

