the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book.
something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, especially a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.
loanword.
verb (used with object)
to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella?
to lend (money) at interest.
verb (used without object)
to make a loan or loans; lend.
Idioms for loan
on loan,
borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time?
temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.
Origin of loan
1
1150–1200; Middle English lon(e), lan(e) (noun), Old English lān<Old Norse lān; replacing its cognate, Old English lǣn loan, grant, cognate with Dutch leen loan, German Leh(e)n fief; cf. lend
usage note for loan
Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan1 as a verb meaning “to lend” has been used in English for nearly 800 years: Nearby villages loaned clothing and other supplies to the flood-ravaged town. The occasional objections to loan as a verb referring to things other than money, are comparatively recent. Loan is standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones: The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.
OTHER WORDS FROM loan
un·loaned,adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH loan
1. loan , lone2. borrow, lend, loan
Words nearby loan
loaf pan, loaf sugar, loaiasis, Loa loa, loam, loan, loanable, loanback, loanblend, loan collection, Loan Council
Definition for loan (2 of 2)
loan2
[ lohn ]
/ loʊn /
nounScot.
a country lane; secondary road.
an uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows.
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