unsecured loan

noun [C] (also signature loan) FINANCE

Definition

› a loan for which the lender has no right to the property or other assets of the borrower if the money is not paid back: They will offer unsecured loans to anyone over 22 with comprehensive motor insurance.

(Definition of unsecured loan noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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