Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

A trade finance transaction in which a bilateral or syndicated loan facility is made available to a borrower (the trader). The trader uses the loan to prepay for goods (typically a commodity) to be supplied to it by the producer of those goods under an export contract between the producer as seller and the trader as buyer. (Practical Law)

Upfront Fee. Fee paid to a lender by a borrower as consideration for making a new loan. [...] In a syndicated loan, a lender generally receives an upfront fee based on the lender's ultimate allocation of loan commitment after the loan is syndicated. (Practical Law, Thomson Reuters)