microcredit

[ mahy-kroh-kred-it ]

/ ˈmaɪ kroʊˌkrɛd ɪt /

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noun

the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.

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Also called mi·cro·lend·ing

[mahy-kroh-len-ding] /ˈmaɪ kroʊˌlɛn dɪŋ/ .

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But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
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To his credit, Huckabee is conscious of the fact that he will need a cluster of deep-pocketed patrons and bundlers.
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To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.
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That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
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And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.
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After all, here was a babe equipped to face the exigencies of a censorious world; in looks and apparel a credit to any father.
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The result of the restoration of trade, banking, and credit to earlier and more normal conditions has been steadily apparent.
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He went to a bank in the little town where he had other friends from whom he had never asked credit.
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I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
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The so-called war credit banks are designed to serve this purpose.
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British Dictionary definitions for microcredit

micro-credit

/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkrɛdɪt) /

noun

the practice of lending small amounts of money on minimal security, esp to help small businesses and communities in the developing world

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