Student Loan Marketing Association: Meaning and Definition of

Stu'dent Loan' Mar'keting Associa"tion

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a U.S. government–chartered private company whose chief function is to make available to qualified students low-cost loans backed by government agencies through lending institutions. Abbr.: SLMA&hasp; Also called
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