Reducing a sort of loan (9)

I believe the answer is:

abridging

'reducing' is the definition.
('abridge' can be a synonym of 'reduce')

'a sort of loan' is the wordplay.
'sort of loan' becomes 'bridging' (bridging loan).
'a'+'bridging'='ABRIDGING'

(Another definition for abridging that I've seen is " Shortening".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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