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Toll Revenue Bond

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Definition of 'Toll Revenue Bond'

A type of municipal bond used to build a public project such as a bridge, tunnel or expressway. The principal and interest repayments are supplied by revenues from tolls paid by users of the public project in question.
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Investopedia explains 'Toll Revenue Bond'

The main reason municipalities use these revenue bonds is because the bonds allow them to avoid reaching legislated debt limits.

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