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microloan

microloan noun: a small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.

Noun

microloan (plural microloans)

  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 of microloan

pluralmicroloans

Origin of microloan

From micro- + loan.

Questions about microloan

What does microloan mean?
Microloan means a small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
What part of speech is microloan?
Microloan is a noun.
What is the plural of microloan?
The plural of microloan is microloans.

Words near microloan in the dictionary

  1. microlitic
  2. microlitre
  3. microlitres
  4. microlitter
  5. microlives
  6. microloan
  7. microloans
  8. microlobate
  9. microlobulated
  10. microlobulation
  11. microlobulations

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