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student loan

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, education, finance

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Across languages

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 貸學金 /贷学金 (dàixuéjīn) — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Danish: studielån — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Dutch: studentenlening — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Dutch: studentenkrediet — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Faroese: lestrarlán — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Finnish: opintolaina — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • French: prêt étudiant — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • German: Studienkredit — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Hungarian: diákhitel — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Icelandic: námslán — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Norwegian Bokmål: studielån — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: studielån — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Polish: kredyt studencki — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Spanish: préstamo estudiantil — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition
  • Swedish: studielån — loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition