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Certificate of Participation - COP

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Definition of 'Certificate of Participation - COP'

A type of financing where an investor purchases a share of the lease revenues of a program rather than the bond being secured by those revenues.
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The authority usually uses the proceeds to construct a facility that is leased to the municipality, releasing the municipality from restrictions on the amount of debt that they can incur.

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