payday loan

English

Etymology

So called because it might help borrowers until their next payday.

Noun

payday loan (plural payday loans)

A small, short-term unsecured loan of money at an extremely high interest rate.

Hypernyms

usury

Translations

loan

Finnish: pikavippi (fi)
French: avance sur salaire f
Polish: chwilówka (pl) f
Swedish: snabblån n, sms-lån (sv) n

Further reading

payday loan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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