Underwriter
A securities broker or dealer that purchases bonds from an issuer and resells them to investors.
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Good Faith Deposit
The amount, if any, required to be paid to the Issuer by the Underwriter at the time the Bonds are sold, which serves as the amount retained by the Issuer as compensation for any damages caused to the Issuer by the Underwriter failing to purchase the Bonds at the Closing.
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Additional Bonds
Bonds which may be issued in the future under the same master indenture, bond resolution/ordinance, and related documentation upon meeting certain conditions designed to ensure that the revenues available to repay the original bonds, any currently outstanding additional bonds, and the proposed additional bonds will be sufficient (the “additional bonds test”).