Meaning & use
origination
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The act or process by which something begins or is created.
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Historians debated the origination of the folk tale across different cultures.
The bank charges a fee at the origination of every new mortgage.
A note on using this word
In finance, 'origination' specifically refers to the process of creating a new loan, from application through approval — a common use worth knowing separately from the general sense.
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2. noun
The process by which a lender creates and finalizes a new loan.
The loan origination fee covered the cost of processing her application.
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