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Accelerate

  1. Used as a verb, to "accelerate" a loan means to bring the maturity date of the loan forward to the present time, making the principal and accrued interest immediately due and payable.
  2. The occurrence and continuation of an event of default gives the lender the right to accelerate the maturity of a loan.