personal loan

noun

: a loan that is made by a bank to someone for a personal need

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Government agencies collecting unpaid taxes or federal student loans may have different authorities than private credit card companies or personal loan lenders. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Effectively a personal loan borrowed from your card's credit line, My Chase Loan doesn't require a credit check. — Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 23 July 2026 Meanwhile, the installment option involves making smaller payments over time (a personal loan is a common example of an installment debt). — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 22 June 2026 The California Fair Political Practices Commission fined Kramer $5,500 in 2019 for improperly reporting more than $25,000 in campaign contributions and for reporting a $90,000 personal loan to his campaign committee that his 2014 reelection campaign never received. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for personal loan

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“Personal loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20loan. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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