🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

preaprobación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pre-a-pro-ba-thion

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pre-approval/ˌpriː.əˈpruː.vəl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Necesitamos la preaprobación del banco para hacer una oferta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An official preliminary authorization or sanction given before a final decision or formal transaction is completed.

    "Getting a pre-approval letter from the bank made our home-buying process much smoother."
  2. 2

    A conditional commitment by a financial institution to lend a specific amount to a borrower based on initial credit verification.

    "She secured a mortgage pre-approval before shopping for properties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the Latin-derived prefix 'pre-' (meaning 'before', from Latin prae-) with the noun 'approval', which originates from the Middle French 'approuver' and Latin 'approbare'. The term emerged in the mid-20th century primarily within the financial and real estate sectors to denote a preliminary official sanction before a final commitment.

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