loan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
  2. noun a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    loanword.
  3. verb give temporarily; let have for a limited time
    lend.
    • I will lend you my car
    • loan me some money

WordNet

Loan noun
Etymology
See Lawn.
Definitions
  1. A loanin. Scot.
Loan noun
Etymology
OE. lone, lane, AS. lan, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lan, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lihan, Icel. lji, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. , Skr. ric. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.
Definitions
  1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
  2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
Loan transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Loaned ; present participle & verbal noun Loaning
Definitions
  1. To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent.
    By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

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