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microloan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: banking, business

Examples

  • He got a one hundred dollar microloan.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From micro- + loan.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 微貸 /微贷 (wēidài) — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Danish: mikrolån — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Finnish: mikrolaina — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Finnish: mikroluotto — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • German: Mikrokredit — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Portuguese: microempréstimo — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Russian: микрокреди́т (mikrokredít) — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Ukrainian: мікропозика (mikropozyka) — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
  • Ukrainian: мікрокреди́т (mikrokredýt) — small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed