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usually uncountable, plural microfinances
(finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups. quotations examples
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.
2008 June 5, Barbara Kiviat, “The Big Trouble In Small Loans”, in Time, archived from the original on 2011-02-09