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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT LOAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT LOAN

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Soft loan is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOFT LOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Soft loan

A soft loan is a loan with a below-market rate of interest. This is also known as soft financing. Sometimes soft loans provide other concessions to borrowers, such as long repayment periods or interest holidays. Soft loans are usually provided by governments to projects they think are worthwhile. The World Bank and other development institutions provide soft loans to developing countries. This contrasts with a hard loan, which has to be paid back in an agreed hard currency, usually of a country with a stable robust economy. An example of a soft loan is China's Export-Import Bank, who gave a $2 billion soft loan to Angola in October 2004 to help build infrastructure. In return, the Angolan government gave China a stake in oil exploration off the coast. Another example is the interest free soft loan of Rs. 20 billion given by the Asian Development Bank to the government of West Bengal on the condition that it be used for health, education and developing infrastructure and that the government would implement 16 economic reforms.

Definition of soft loan in the English dictionary

The definition of soft loan in the dictionary is a loan on which interest is not charged, such as a loan made to an undeveloped country.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT LOAN

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soft iron
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soft lens
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soft margarine
soft money
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soft porn
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT LOAN

amortized mortgage loan
balloon loan
bank loan
bridging loan
call loan
consolidation loan
demand loan
deposit loan
hard loan
home improvement loan
home loan
interlibrary loan
jumbo loan
loan
local loan
on loan
personal loan
savings and loan
student loan
time loan
top-up loan

Synonyms and antonyms of soft loan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soft loan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT LOAN

Find out the translation of soft loan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soft loan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft loan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软贷款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

préstamo blando
570 millions of speakers

English

soft loan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरम ऋण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قرض ميسر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

льготный кредит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

empréstimo em condições favoráveis
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম ঋণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prêt à taux bonifié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pinjaman lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soft Loan-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトローン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 대출
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Silihan alus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho vay mềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான கடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्ट लोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak kredi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prestiti agevolati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kredyt preferencyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пільговий кредит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

împrumut moale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δάνειο με ευνοϊκούς όρους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte lening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjukt lån
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

myk lån
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft loan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT LOAN»

The term «soft loan» is regularly used and occupies the 101.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT LOAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft loan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT LOAN»

Discover the use of soft loan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft loan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Corporate Sickness and Institutional Financing in India
Soft Loan Scheme 2.8 The Soft Loan Scheme for modernisation was introduced in November 1976 for five selected industries, namely, cotton textile, jute, cement, sugar and specified engineering industries. The basic objective of the scheme ...
Prasanna K. Biswasroy, Jagannath Panda, Promod Kumar Sahu, 1990
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Behind the Development Banks: Washington Politics, World ...
However, perhaps the most critical informal vehicle for U.S. influence is the U.S. role in periodic financial contributions to the banks and their soft loan windows. These contributions provide the opportunity for the United States to exert what I ...
Sarah Babb, 2009
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Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice
The World Bank soft loan at 2.5 percent interest is given up to 90 percent of the price of the pumpset — i.e., Rs 2. 16 lac. IREDA also provides a bridge loan of Rs 75,000 at 12 percent interest immediately on purchase. The soft loan is provided  ...
S R Vishwanath, 2007
4
From Marshall Plan to Debt Crisis: Foreign Aid and ...
The World Bank and the majority of donor governments have insisted on the need for continued high levels of ODA through the soft-loan windows of the MDBs and have expressed concern about premature graduation of countries to financing ...
Robert Everett Wood, 1986
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The Economics of Foreign Aid
... the International Development Association. Both hard- and soft-loan development financing agencies are concerned with debt-servicing capacity of borrowers and the burden of debt payments. Hard-loan agencies (or the hard- loan windows ...
Raymond F. Mikesell, 1970
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A Reference Guide to Banking and Finance
Soft-Loan Window: A special lending facility or separate affiliate of a multilateral development bank, extending loans on significantly easier terms than those applicable to conventional loans ("soft" vs. "hard" loans). Main characteristics of soft ...
Congressional Research Service, 2001
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Britain's International Development Policies: A History of ...
For China, a £300 million soft loan agreement was signed in May 1986 and, in September 1988, an agreement for a further £300 million was signed, though this covered both soft loans and mixed credits. In July 1986 a £140 million soft loan ...
Barrie Ireton, 2013
8
Executive Sessions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
contribute anything to the Boy Scouts or to help the pack we are not going to touch our earnings''—they have done a little of it, it is now under the pressure of this committee—''we want you to set up a soft loan window,'' let me briefly review  ...
J.W. Fulbright (ed), John F. Kerry (pf)
9
Financing International Projects
In 1986 soft loan facilities were provided for specific projects in both China and Indonesia. Soft loans are considered on an individual basis, but only where they are clearly going to be more effective than other types of aid such as grants or ...
A. D. F. Price, 1995
10
Steps on Getting China Project financing
Letter for documents required for Soft loan and more Soft loans for next three years on Nov.13 2009. Our Ref: CMEC --KADU 024 ATTN: HIS EXCELLENCY Executive Governor RE: Documents needed for applying for the soft loan of the ...
yang chunlin

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT LOAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soft loan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Govt glosses over soft loan financing
Besides the soft loan, the government also agreed to provide the Indian consortium Rs15 billion in grants which, according to officials, will be used to upgrade ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
2
Jordan granted $265m soft loan for water projects
France has approved a soft loan worth $265m to assist Jordan in implementing three water and energy projects, French Ambassador for Jordan, Caroline ... «Construction Week Online, Jul 15»
3
Jordan: USD265m soft loan from France to fund energy projects
AMMAN -- France has just validated a new soft loan of $265 million to Jordan to implement three major water and energy projects, French Ambassador to the ... «Zawya, Jul 15»
4
Centre notifies soft loan for sugar industry
Banks will provide the soft loan to mills after due diligence, the notification dated June 23 said, to facilitate payments equivalent to the stock value of 25 lakh ... «Hindu Business Line, Jun 15»
5
Sugar mills say government's Rs 6000-crore soft loan does not …
"Decision of the Government to bear the interest on the loan for just one year as compared to five years in the previous scheme announced in February 2014, ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»
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RM50m soft loan fund for Chinese SMEs to be launched next month
KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister Department Datuk Wee Ka Siong revealed that the RM50 million soft loans for the Chinese small and medium ... «The Sun Daily, May 15»
7
Vietnam to give soft loans for coffee replanting
The loan could carry a maximum interest rate of 7 percent per annum, compared with a range of 9.0-10.0 percent charged by banks for medium- and long-term ... «Reuters, May 15»
8
NEDA mulls soft loan to Myanmar for Dawei road link
THE NEIGHBOURING Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA) is considering a soft loan of about Bt4 billion to Myanmar to finance the ... «The Nation, May 15»
9
China offers soft loans of $15-20b
China has offered Bangladesh soft loans of $15-20 billion to help it expand railway networks across the country. Officials of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka ... «The Daily Star, Apr 15»
10
Jordan secures $100m soft loan from Kuwait-based Arab fund
AMMAN – Jordan on Tuesday signed a $100 million soft loan agreement with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) to fund small- and ... «Jordan Times, Apr 15»

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