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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loan1 /loʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the act of lending:the loan of a book.
- something lent, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:a loan of $25,000.
v. - to make a loan of;
lend: [~ + object + object]Loan me your umbrella.[~ + object + to + object]Loan your umbrella to him.[~ + object]The bank loans money.
Idioms- Idioms on loan, loaned for temporary use:The books are on loan.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loan1 (lōn),USA pronunciation n. - 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, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.
- Linguisticsloanword.
- Idioms 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.
v.t. - to make a loan of;
lend:Will you loan me your umbrella? - to lend (money) at interest.
v.i. - to make a loan or loans;
lend.
- Old Norse lān; replacing its cognate, Old English lǣn loan, grant, cognate with Dutch leen loan, German Leh(e)n fief; compare lend
- Middle English lon(e), lan(e) (noun, nominal), Old English lān 1150–1200
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. loan2 (lōn),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]- Scottish Termsa country lane; secondary road.
- Scottish Termsan uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows.
Also, loan•ing (lō′ning).USA pronunciation - Middle English, Old English lone lane 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loan /ləʊn/ n - the act of lending: the loan of a car
- property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
- the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language
- short for loan word
- on loan ⇒ lent out; borrowed
- (esp of personnel) transferred from a regular post to a temporary one elsewhere
vb - to lend (something, esp money)
Etymology: 13th Century loon, lan, from Old Norse lān; related to Old English lǣn loan; compare German Lehen fief, Lohn wagesˈloanable adj ˈloaner n |