student loan

noun

: a loan that is used to pay for a student's education

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How RIFs affect repayment assistance, forgiveness Often, federal agencies provide their employees with student loan repayment assistance of up to $10,000 per year, said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Annie Nova, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025 Fortune’s reporting has highlighted rising delinquency rates among younger borrowers and the squeeze from student loan repayments resuming after a long pause. Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025 The Department of Education has resumed a key student loan forgiveness program after originally suspending it since July. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 That’s a question 45 million federal student loan borrowers may be asking. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for student loan

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“Student loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/student%20loan. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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