microcredit
noun[U]
economicsuk/ˈmaɪ.krəʊˌkred.ɪt/us/ˈmaɪ.kroʊˌkred.ɪt/a verysmallamountofmoneylentto apersonorgroup,especiallyinorderto make itpossibleforpeopleinpoorcountriestostartbusinesses:
微型信贷a microcreditprogramthatlendswomenmoneytobuychickens一个借钱给妇女买鸡的微型信贷项目
Small amounts of money
- a drop in the oceanidiom
- bagatelle
- bobbin
- chickenfeed
- drop
- miserly
- mountain biking
- not a red centidiom
- paltry
- peanut
- pennyworth
- pittance
- pocket money
- princely
- red
- shrapnel
- sou
- trifling
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