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micro-credit
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkrɛdɪt /
noun
- the practice of lending small amounts of money on minimal security, esp to help small businesses and communities in the developing world
Example Sentences
It offered policies like universal healthcare and village-based micro-credit schemes which directly benefitted rural and low-income communities.
Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who was awarded his Nobel in 2006 for pioneering micro-credit loans to impoverished people, has worked with the International Olympic Committee on a business program for athletes.
Yunus, a Bangladeshi banker who was awarded his Nobel in 2006 for pioneering micro-credit loans to impoverished people, has worked with the International Olympic Committee on a business program for athletes.
Especially since I’ve got a micro-credit on the movie: Yes, in a story that lovingly re-creates the details of his 1980s Arkansas childhood, Isaac somehow found room to give his chronic-punster critic friend a printed cameo.
Ramos had taken out a $3,000 micro-credit for “construction”.
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