| loan approval | formal authorization to get a loan (usually from a bank) |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
| 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 |
| serial port | an interface (commonly used for modems and mice and some printers) that transmits data a bit at a time |
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 |
series
serial serial publication | a periodical that appears at scheduled times |
serial
series | a serialized set of programs, a comedy series, the Masterworks concert series |
serialism
serial music | th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical composition |
| loan collection | a number of pictures loaned by their owners for exhibition |
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 |
serial killer
serial murderer | someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval |
usurer
loan shark
moneylender
shylock | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
| 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 |
serial operation
sequential operation
consecutive operation | the sequential execution of operations one after another |
| serial processing | sequential processing by two or more processing units |
| serial monogamy | a succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces) |
lend
loan | give temporarily, let have for a limited time, I will lend you my car, loan me some money |
| funded | furnished with funds, well-funded research |
consecutive
sequent
sequential
serial
successive | in regular succession without gaps, serial concerts |
serial
in series(p)
nonparallel | of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations, serial processing |
| serial | pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series, serial monogamy, serial killing, a serial killer, serial publication |
| serial | pertaining to or composed in serial technique, serial music |