Commodus really did have a sister named Lucilla, and, as depicted in the movie, she hated him. Lucilla was married to the co-emperor, Lucius Verus. Lucilla plotted to have Commodus assassinated, but Commodus had her exiled for the plot and later executed.
A provision in a loan or bond removing it as a liability on a balance sheet if cash or a portfolio is set aside for debt service. Usually defeasance occurs when a borrower owns a portfolio of Treasury securities, the coupons of which are used to service a debt. When the borrower has set aside sufficient assets to cover the debt, the debt does not need to be recorded on a balance sheet.
Definition of loan. 1  1a : money lent at interest took out a loan to pay for the new carb : something lent usually for the borrower's temporary use. 2  2a : the grant of temporary use Can I have the loan of your car?b : the temporary duty of a person transferred to another job for a limited time He had been on loan to the navy during the war.