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Healthcare Finance What are the four sources of long-term debt financing? What are the five characteristics of long-term debt financing? Long-term debt is employed to finance business investments that have lengthier payback periods. There are four sources of long-term debt financing, which include: term loans, bonds, hire purchase and debentures. There are different features of long-term debt financing. One of the characteristics is that long-term debt typically has a greater principal balance

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