A commercial mortgage prepayment method where the borrower substitutes government securities — typically Government of Canada bonds — for the mortgage collateral instead of paying a cash penalty. Defeasance allows the property to be sold or refinanced while the lender continues receiving equivalent payments from the bond portfolio, and is most commonly used in CMBS and institutional loan structures.
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