microloan
noun[C]
businessspecializeduk/ˈmaɪ.krəʊ.ləʊn/us/ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.loʊn/asmallamountofmoneythat islentat alowrateofinterestto a newbusiness:
（以低利率借给新企业的一小笔）微型贷款，小额贷款With a $1,300 microloan shestartedthecompanyinAprilat herhome.4月份，她用1300美元的小额贷款在家里创办了这家公司。
Microloanapplicantsare oftensmallenterprisesthat have just a fewemployeesandtypicallydo notqualifyfortraditionalbanklending.小额贷款申请者往往是只有少数雇员的小企业，通常不具备获得传统银行贷款的资格。
- She used her microloan topurchaselivestockthat she willlatersellatmarketfor aprofit.
- Without the microloan thatpaidfor acomputerand otherbusinessequipment, she would have had toapplyforwelfare.
- Theaveragemicroloanborrowerhas acreditscoreof 600 out of 800points,farbelow theminimumof 700.
Borrowing & lending
- amortizable
- amortization
- arrears
- bad debt
- bonded
- borrow
- borrowing
- credit rating
- hock
- holiday
- IOU
- overdraft
- overpayment
- pay downsomething
- pay off
- paysomeone/somethingback
- payday loan
- reschedule
- secure
- straight