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Pari passu

Means “at an equal rate”, and can refer to financial instruments that rank equally in right of payment with each other and with other instruments of the same issuer. It is also often used in bankruptcy proceedings where creditors are said to be paid “pari passu”, meaning each creditor is paid pro rata in accordance with the amount of his claim