front money
noun[U]
FINANCEukusthemoneythat isneededtostartabusiness,project, etc.:
Frontmoneyisgenerallyrequiredforpurchasingasite.
themoneythat is adownpayment(= a firstpaymentaspartof thetotalcost)on something
Examplesoffront money
front money
The point on this—and it is rather a technical one—is that the banks do not finance the end or risk money for film production, but only thefrontmoney.
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This "end money"is the equity capital—the amount to be found in addition to the"frontmoney" to balance the budget of production—and it is the element which is slightly more speculative.
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He may need more cash at his bank in order to satisfy lenders of "frontmoney" that his producers can be safely financed in reliance on his distribution guarantees.
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Thefrontmoneyfor film production is usually not forthcoming without a distribution guarantee nor the end money without at least a probability of circuit release.
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But secondly, he acts also as a banker, giving guarantees of sufficient standing and security to enable the producers to obtain bank loans in the form offrontmoney.
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Advances (upfront money that is paid directly to a recording artist) are normally always owed back to the label.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furthermore, both schools accepted no upfront money to play in the game.
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