Microfinance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microfinance is a noun meaning (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
Meaning
(finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
Example Sentences
Microfinance, once a relative cottage industry championed by antipoverty activists and development wonks, is on the verge of a revolution, with billions of dollars from big banks, private-equity shops and pension funds pouring in.
Word Forms
- microfinances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microfinancing, microcredit, microeconomic, sum, partial, micro.
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