Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behest loan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: be-hest loan
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A loan granted to an individual or corporation at the sole behest of an authoritative government official

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see behest, loan.

Inflected Forms

behest loans (plural)

Questions

What does behest loan mean?: A loan granted to an individual or corporation at the sole behest of an authoritative government official

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