Definitions
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- noun business A very small
business with five or feweremployees , or the businesssector comprising these businesses.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A July survey of microlenders by the Aspen Institute's FIELD program, a policy and research organization specializing in microenterprise, found that 61% of microlenders saw loan applications rise in the first quarter, but many are having a hard time meeting the higher demand.
Credit Crunch Gives 'Microlending' a Boost Jonnelle Marte 2010
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A microenterprise is a sole proprietorship, partnership or family business that has fewer than five employees and is small enough to benefit from loans under $35,000.
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A microenterprise is a business with no more than five employees, and is small enough to require start-up capital of $35,000 or less.
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A microenterprise is a business with no more than five employees, and is small enough to require start-up capital of $35,000 or less.
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The discussion on the situation in Pakistan needs to see far more coverage of development issues such as microenterprise, schools, rural health, literacy, and life expectancies, along with the usual stories of troop movements, surges, bombings, and airstrikes.
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U.S. assistance will be directed toward the justice sector; scholarships aimed at increasing access to education for disadvantaged students, especially indigenous students; literacy training for rural community members, especially women and youth; citizen participation in local governments; support income generation, such as microenterprise development; developing expertise among legislators and government administrators; and support of implementation of recommendations of the Historical Clarification Commission.
Fact Sheet On Support For Regional Cooperation At Summit ITY National Archives 1999
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Project GRACE is a microenterprise program that provides a small loan poultry or livestock, and goats with intensive training to help create a self-sustaining business that will support Ugandan families.
Vivian Glyck: Why I Like to Give Ugandan Women Goats... Vivian Glyck 2011
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Forty-two percent of households are now headed by women, and these women need access to jobs that can sustain them and their families, whether those jobs are in the public or private sectors, in traditional or non-traditional jobs, or in microenterprise.
Maria Bello: Women Key to Haitian Rebuilding Maria Bello 2011
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Forty-two percent of households are now headed by women, and these women need access to jobs that can sustain them and their families, whether those jobs are in the public or private sectors, in traditional or non-traditional jobs, or in microenterprise.
Maria Bello: Women Key to Haitian Rebuilding Maria Bello 2011
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Project GRACE is a microenterprise program that provides a small loan poultry or livestock, and goats with intensive training to help create a self-sustaining business that will support Ugandan families.
Vivian Glyck: Why I Like to Give Ugandan Women Goats... Vivian Glyck 2011
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