Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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).

Synonyms: lend, loanword

Antonyms: borrow

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

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