microloan

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ loan

Noun

microloan (plural microloans)

(banking) 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.

Translations

small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 微貸, 微贷 (wēidài)
Danish: mikrolån n

Finnish: mikrolaina, mikroluotto
Portuguese: microempréstimo m
Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

microloan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
microlending

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