Etymology
Origin of loanable
Example Sentences
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It rides the cusp of technological change with e-books, artificial intelligence, trained computer “cybernauts” and 7,000 loanable Tech2go backpack bundles complete with laptops and hotspot connections.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023
But just as banks and businesses lend to other solvent banks in need of short-term access to loanable funds, so can fractional jet companies lend out their excess to competitors short on planes.
From Forbes • Aug. 17, 2014
In such a regime, the zero bound does indeed pose a problem, but for different reasons than are proposed by the loanable funds schools of thought.
From Economist • Dec. 3, 2012
Finally, making e-books loanable will reduce incentives for piracy.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2011
They gather loanable funds, reduce hoarding, make money move more rapidly, and create a central market between borrowers and lenders for the sale of credit.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
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