Meanings
nounmicroloan (plural microloans)
plural microloans
- bankingA 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.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 微貸 /微贷
- 微貸 /微贷 (wēidài)small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
Danish mikrolån
- mikrolånsmall loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
Finnish mikrolaina, mikroluotto
- mikrolainasmall loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
- mikroluottosmall loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
German Mikrokredit
- Mikrokreditsmall loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
Portuguese microempréstimo
- microempréstimosmall loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
Russian микрокреди́т
- микрокреди́т (mikrokredít)small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
Ukrainian мікропозика, мікрокреди́т
- мікропозика (mikropozyka)small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
- мікрокреди́т (mikrokredýt)small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed
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Cite this entry
APA
microloan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microloan
MLA
“microloan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microloan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microloan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microloan.
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