Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Financing sources & instruments · Working

Gap finance

Also called: gap loan

ELI5

Finance secured against anticipated value from unsold rights or other future receipts.

Used in conversation

“The budget needs to show gap finance clearly before approval.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Gap finance” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.