loan office
Americannoun
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an office for making loans or receiving payments on loans.
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a public office for receiving subscriptions to a government loan.
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a pawnbroker's shop.
Etymology
Origin of loan office
First recorded in 1710–20
Example Sentences
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One question is how quickly the loan office can move money out the door without rushing decisions.
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
But despite its work, Mulvaney downgraded the mission of Frotman’s student loan office earlier this summer and moved it the umbrella of consumer education instead of enforcement.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2018
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
It opened a loan office in each state and called on patriotic people to come forward and loan it money, receiving in return pieces of paper called "loan-office certificates."
From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
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