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Loan

Loan Meaning & Definition
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).

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