Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A very small, often short-term loan made to an impoverished entrepreneur, as in an underdeveloped country.
Wiktionary
- n. banking A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
Etymologies
- micro- + loan (Wiktionary)
Examples
“He hopes to repay it as soon as possible, only to take out another "microloan" and start diversifying his stock.”
“Win says his microloan will be paid off in a year or two.”
“Working through her church, the retired businesswoman helped Win develop a business plan and provided collateral for him to get a microloan.”
“For more information on joinFITE or the Lend Your Hand campaign, please visit joinFITE.org or take this quiz to activate a microloan for a deserving woman entrepreneur.”
The Huffington Post: Jane D. Wurwand: Have a Nice Day: Stop Global Slavery Now
“When a microloan partner lists an entrepreneur, and we lend money to the microloan partner, the entrepreneur gets his or her loan.”
“The funds are paving the way for Community Development Financial Institutions to access roughly $27.5 million in federal microloan programs and other lending capital from the U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bank of America Issues Grants for Microloans
“The average SBA microloan size is $13,000 per business; Bank of America estimates their grant initiative could help roughly 8,000 small and rural businesses.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bank of America Issues Grants for Microloans
“Now a microloan from HoPE is helping her finance her education to become an instructor for one of the beautician courses at HoLD.”
The Huffington Post: Tackling Youth Drug Addiction In Indonesia
“A crisis of overindebtedness among some clients in Andhra Pradesh, India, political attacks on Mohammad Yunus of Grameen Bank, and academic studies that question the magnitude of microloan impact have all conspired to shake the global microfinance community at its roots.”
The Huffington Post: Elisabeth Rhyne: Microfinance Leaders Strive to Walk the Walk
“Especially interesting was the growing consensus that microcredit was often most successful when focused on women, as women tend to help their families and then their communities, creating ripple effects that amplified the power of a microloan.”
The Huffington Post: Premal Shah: Kiva.org and the Ripple Effects of Helping Women
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reesetee Ditto, c_b. There's also FINCA. :-) Sep 29, 2008
jennarenn I initially heard about Kiva from a guy who worked for a different microloan nonprofit in DC. It's encouraging to see the # of repaid loans vs. the # of defaulted loans. The overwhelming majority of these folks make good, which is more than the average American can say. Sep 27, 2008
chained_bear I'm a big fan of kiva! That's why I was surprised no one had listed microfinance. :) Sep 27, 2008
dhuber I love this word because it signifies a unique and seemingly effective method of making this world a better place.
See www.kiva.org, for instance. Sep 26, 2008