Bank loan
an amount of money loaned at interest by a bank to a borrower, usually on collateral security, for a certain period of time.
Historical Examples
What the proportion between the bank loan and the bons de trésor in circulation is I am unable to ascertain.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Henry Labouchre
How much would your bank loan the Sullivan Trust Company on its unindorsed paper and at a moment’s notice?
My Adventures with Your Money George Graham Rice
Stock market collateral loans thus constitute the most perfectly satisfactory sort of bank loan, from the standpoint of liquidity.
The Value of Money Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
The bank loan is made on the farmer’s note, generally unsecured, though often secured by a chattel mortgage.
Readings in Money and Banking Chester Arthur Phillips
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