loan

loan
[[t]lo͟ʊn[/t]]
♦♦
loans, loaning, loaned
1) N-COUNT A loan is a sum of money that you borrow.
→ See also , soft loan

The country has no access to foreign loans or financial aid...

The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans.

...loan repayments.

2) N-SING: N of n If someone gives you a loan of something, you borrow it from them.

I am in need of a loan of a bike for a few weeks...

He had offered the loan of his small villa at Cap Ferrat.

3) VERB If you loan something to someone, you lend it to them.

[V n n] He had kindly offered to loan us all the plants required for the exhibit...

[V n to n] We were approached by the Royal Yachting Association to see if we would loan our boat to them. [Also V n]

Syn:
Loan out means the same as loan.

V P n (not pron) to n It is common practice for clubs to loan out players to sides in the lower divisions... Also V n P, V P n The ground was loaned out for numerous events including pop concerts.

4) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If something is on loan, it has been borrowed.

...impressionist paintings on loan from the National Gallery...

Many of these are on display in the Museum, but some have been sent out on loan to other museums.

5) PHRASE: usu v-link PHR If a person is on loan from one organization to another, they are temporarily working for the second organization while still employed by the first.

David Speedie, on loan from Southampton, scored his first goal for Birmingham...

She's on loan to us from the CIA.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • LOAN — (Heb. הַלְוָאָה, halva ah), a transaction in which a thing, usually money, is given by one person, called the malveh ( lender ), to another, called the loveh ( borrower ), for the latter s use and enjoyment, and in order that such thing or its… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • loan — n 1 a: money lent at interest b: something lent usu. for the borrower s temporary use 2: a transfer or delivery of money from one party to another with the express or implied agreement that the sum will be repaid regardless of contingency and usu …   Law dictionary

  • loan — verb. In 19c British English, loan was a standard alternative for lend, but by the time Fowler wrote (1926) loan had been largely driven out by lend, although it has continued in use in AmE. In current use loan is mostly confined to non British… …   Modern English usage

  • Loan — 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. lei pein, Skr. ric. [root]119. Cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loan — (n.) mid 13c., from O.N. lan, related to lja to lend, from P.Gmc. *laikhwniz (Cf. O.Fris. len thing lent, M.Du. lene, Du. leen loan, fief, O.H.G. lehan, Ger. Lehn fief, feudal tenure ), originally to let have, to leave (to someone), from PIE *lei …   Etymology dictionary

  • LOAN — oder Loan bezeichnet: LOAN, ICAO Code des Flugplatz Wiener Neustadt/Ost Benjamin F. Loan (1819–1881), US amerikanischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • loan — loan·able; loan; loan·er; loan·ing; …   English syllables

  • loan — ► NOUN 1) a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. 2) the action of lending. ► VERB ▪ give as a loan. ● on loan Cf. ↑on loan DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

  • loan — [lōn] n. [ME lone < ON lān (akin to OE læn, lending, loan, lænan, to lend) < IE base * leikw , to leave behind > L linquere, Gr leipen, Sans riṅákti, (he) leaves] 1. the act of lending, esp. to use for a short time [the loan of a pen] 2 …   English World dictionary

  • Loan — Loan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaning}.] To lend; sometimes with out. Kent. [1913 Webster] By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Loan — (l[=o]n), n. [See {Lawn}.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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