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Loan

Loan Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Loan? [n] a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English [n] the provision of money temporarily (usually at interest) [v] give temporarily; let have for a limited time Synonyms \| Synonyms for Loan: lend \| loanword Related Terms \| Find terms related to Loan: accommodate with \| accommodation \| advance \| allow \| allowance \| call loan \| call money \| collateral loan \| credit \| demand loan \| external loan \| float a loan \| foreign loan \| lease-lend \| lend \| lend-lease \| loan-shark \| long-term loan \| negotiate a loan \| policy loan \| secured loan \| short-term loan \| time loan \| unsecured loan \| Wall Street loan See Also \| advance \| bank loan \| call loan \| consumer loan \| debt \| demand loan \| direct loan \| equity credit line \| farm out \| Gallicism \| give \| hire out \| home equity credit \| home equity loan \| installment credit \| installment loan \| loan participation \| mortgage loan \| participation financing \| participation loan \| personal loan \| principal \| real estate loan \| rent out \| time loan \| word Loan In Webster's Dictionary \Loan\, n. [See {Lawn}.] A loanin. [Scot.] \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['o]n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[=i]han, Icel. lj[=i], Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ?, Skr. ric. ? Cf. {Delinquent}, {Eclipse}, {Eleven}, {Ellipse}, {Lend}, {License}, {Relic}.] 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 office}. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop. \Loan\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaning}.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. --J. Langley (1644).

Loan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Loan?

[n] a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
[n] the provision of money temporarily (usually at interest)
[v] give temporarily; let have for a limited time

Synonyms | Synonyms for Loan: lend | loanword

Loan In Webster's Dictionary

\Loan\, n. [See {Lawn}.]
A loanin. [Scot.]


\Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['o]n
to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel.
l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[=i]han, Icel. lj[=i], Goth.
leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ?, Skr. ric. ? Cf.
{Delinquent}, {Eclipse}, {Eleven}, {Ellipse}, {Lend},
{License}, {Relic}.]
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 office}.
   (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which
       the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid
       to the lender.
   (b) A pawnbroker's shop.


\Loan\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Loaning}.]
To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent.

      By way of location or loaning them out.  --J. Langley
                                               (1644).

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