144However, in everyday legal language, that term refers to the provision of a sum of money or deferred payment terms or financial accommodation by the creditor to the borrower for financing or deferred payment purposes, with the result that a credit agreement must be regarded as an agreement whereby a creditor grants or promises to grant, to a consumer, credit in the form of a deferred payment, loan or other similar financial accommodation.
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