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loan
noun1 a sum of money borrowed from another entity for use in a campaign; typically loans must be disclosed in campaign-finance disclosures as another type of contribution; in many cases, politicians will loan personal funds to their candidate committees
The $500,000 loan in March is reported on all six campaign filings that Mr. Santos has been required to submit so far this year.— The New York Times