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microfinance

noun

NAmE//ˈmaɪkroʊˌfaɪnæns//

, NAmE//ˈmaɪkroʊfəˌnæns//

[uncountable]

a system of providing services such as lending and saving money for people who are too poor to use banks the role of microfinance in fighting poverty The families now have access to microfinance.

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