loan office

American  

noun

1. an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.

2. a public office for receiving subscriptions to a government loan.

3. a pawnbroker's shop.

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Etymology

Origin of loan office

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

The loan office wants to make cutting edge technologies, such as clean hydrogen fuels, as mundane and as easy to finance as wind and solar have become.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

While Tesla and Solyndra are the best-known examples, the loan office manages over 30 projects worth more than $30 billion and generates $500 million in interest income for the federal government every year, Shah said.

From Fox News • Jan. 26, 2022

The few buildings that rise above a single storey include an evangelical church and a loan office.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2019

When Virginia sought to loosen credit with a government-owned loan office, and tried to control costs and limit tobacco production by halting slave imports, Britain said no.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

As to your loan office certificates, you would do well to commit them to some correspondent in America.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Jefferson, Thomas