payday loan
- a word derived from payday lender.
Example Sentences
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And when the inevitable happens — when you lose hours at work or when the car refuses to start — the payday-loan industry steps in.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023
For several years, payday-loan opponents have mainly been playing defense, beating back attempts to expand the system that now allows two-week loans at the equivalent of 391 percent annual interest.
From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2019
To the payday-loan industry, the ideal customer is a working person with a dependable trickle of income to siphon and little understanding of consumer finance.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2018
Or they feature in another article in the May issue of the Atlantic, the much-less-talked-about look at the payday-loan industry.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2016
Any major policy changes for the Postal Service require congressional approval, so the agency’s board of governors could not act alone on the payday-loan matter.
From Washington Post
