loan approval | formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank) |
community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
community center civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
loanblend loan-blend hybrid | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) |
loanword loan | a word borrowed from another language, e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
loan application | an application to borrow money |
community biotic community | (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other |
loan collection | a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition |
Jemaah Islamiyah JI Islamic Group Islamic Community Malaysian Mujahidin Group Malaysia Militant Group | a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in and trained by al-Qaeda, supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia |
community chest | a charity supported by individual subscriptions, defrays the demands on a community for social welfare |
legal profession bar legal community | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction, he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey |
medical profession medical community | the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine |
businessmen business community | the body of individuals who manage businesses |
community of scholars | the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
community | a group of people living in a particular local area, the team is drawn from all parts of the community |
community | a group of nations having common interests, they hoped to join the NATO community |
speech community | people sharing a given language or dialect |
community college | a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community |
Intelligence Community National Intelligence Community United States Intelligence Community IC | a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Freddie Mac FHLMC | a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages |
consumer finance company small loan company | a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
savings and loan savings and loan association | a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages |
Home Loan Bank | one of regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region |
Federal Home Loan Bank System | the central credit system for thrift institutions |
residential district residential area community | a district where people live, occupied primarily by private residences |
planned community | a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents |
retirement community retirement complex | a planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life |
bedroom community | a community where many commuters live |
usurer loan shark moneylender shylock | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
community | common ownership, they shared a community of possessions |
community property | property and income belonging jointly to a married couple |
bank loan | a loan made by a bank, to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date |
business loan commercial loan | a bank loan granted for the use of a business |
interbank loan | a loan from one bank to another |
home loan home equity credit home equity loan equity credit line | a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home |
installment credit installment loan | a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments |
loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) |
call loan demand loan | a loan that is repayable on demand |
direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party, direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans |
participation loan loan participation participation financing | a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone |
personal loan consumer loan | a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use, usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay |
automobile loan auto loan car loan | a personal loan to purchase an automobile |
real estate loan mortgage loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage |
time loan | a loan that is payable on or before a specified date |