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microloan en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + loan.

Meanings

1. A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
   • He got a one hundred dollar microloan.

Forms

Relateds

microlending

Translations (9)

uk мікрокреди́т (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · fi mikrolaina (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · de Mikrokredit (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · fi mikroluotto (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · uk мікропозика (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · cmn 微貸 /微贷 (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · da mikrolån (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · pt microempréstimo (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) · ru микрокреди́т (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed)