bank loan

noun

1. an amount of money loaned at interest by a bank to a borrower, usually on collateral security, for a certain period of time.

Example Sentences

Customers can buy products without taking out a bank loan, and suppliers can lock down revenues and pricing power.

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In recent months, the industrialist has attracted law enforcement scrutiny with investigators probing alleged crimes ranging from diversion of bank loans to money laundering.

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For over a decade, total leveraged credit—bank loans, high-yield bonds and direct lending—has equaled roughly 21-25% of gross domestic product.

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Are you worried about the health of credit markets after the recent bankruptcies and bad bank loans?

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On Blackstone’s conference call executives dismissed these worries as “misinformation,” noting, as others have, that the problems involved bank loans, not private-credit loans.

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