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payday loan

payday loan noun: a small, short-term unsecured loan of money at an extremely high interest rate.

Noun

payday loan (plural payday loans)

  1. A small, short-term unsecured loan of money at an extremely high interest rate.

Forms of payday loan

pluralpayday loans

Origin of payday loan

So called because it might help borrowers until their next payday.

Questions about payday loan

What does payday loan mean?
Payday loan means a small, short-term unsecured loan of money at an extremely high interest rate.
What part of speech is payday loan?
Payday loan is a noun.
What is the plural of payday loan?
The plural of payday loan is payday loans.

Words near payday loan in the dictionary

  1. paycheques
  2. paycock
  3. paycocks
  4. payd
  5. payday
  6. payday loan
  7. payday loans
  8. paydays
  9. paydirt
  10. paydirts
  11. paydown

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