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
Since its creation, the student loan office has returned $750m to harmed borrowers.
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
She brought me word they had no such sum to spare: I said they might mortgage their house in the loan office.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Franklin, Benjamin
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