How to Use bank loan in a Sentence

bank loan

noun
  • The other started a lawn care business with help from a bank loan instead of going to college.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In the time between the fire and his death, Cunningham’s father was denied a bank loan to rebuild his business – a not-uncommon fate for a Black man in the 1960s.
    Sheree R. Curry, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • According to TechCrunch, founders barely receive 1% of all VC funds and are denied a bank loan to prepare their business.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 14 Nov. 2023
  • When personal financing is out of the equation, the next step frequently is seeking a bank loan.
    Julian E.j. Sorapuru, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Another decides to start a lawn-care service, receives a bank loan to do so, and then sees his tax dollars used to support the cancellation of the student loan.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But unlike a traditional bank loan, PACE providers have never been required to confirm if their clients can afford to repay the loans.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The developers will raise the money through their own equity, a traditional bank loan and the sale of state and federal tax credits.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Eric Trump dismissed any suggestion that the Trump family, given the various legal challenges, might have a hard time getting a bank loan to build the project.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Both contributed heavily to their own campaigns, but neither of them disclosed any bank loan to pay for their politicking.
    Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Real estate agents sometimes connect homebuyers who don’t qualify for a bank loan with investors who do contract-for-deed sales in bulk.
    Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2023
  • But last spring, Sunnyvale Community Services found itself in a tricky situation, needing to liquidate its bank loan at a time when donations were in decline.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Stepping into the financial space to secure a small business loan can often feel intimidating but understanding what is needed for a small business bank loan can make all the difference for your business.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The biotech has historically funded its operations by issuing convertible promissory notes, private placements of its stock, the license agreement with J&J and a bank loan.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Conscripted men will then have 20 days to report for duty before certain punishments begin to kick in, such as a suspension on their driver's license or the inability to receive a bank loan or register real estate.
    Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • After a series of economic downturns combined with predatory bank loan practices, Albina was no longer majority-Black.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Many HOAs in the past few years have had to impose major special assessments to pay for unexpected huge insurance cost increases, and sometimes major project refurbishments require a special assessment to make bank loan payments.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Administration & Finance team recommends funding these projects through either a private placement bond issuance, traditional bond issuance, or traditional bank loan.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Other financing sources were assembled, including state and federal historic preservation tax credits, a bank loan and $3.1 million of city cash generated by the development's property taxes.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2022

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