MICROCREDIT

Etymology

Noun

microcredit (countable and uncountable, plural microcredits)

(uncountable, banking) The practice of making very small loans, especially to poor people to promote self-employment; microlending.

(countable, banking) A microloan.

Source: Wiktionary



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3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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