ALL meanings of loan
loan
L l - noun loan A thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. 1
- noun 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. 1
- noun loan a country lane; secondary road. 1
- noun loan an uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows. 1
- verb with object loan to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella? 1
- verb with object loan to lend (money) at interest. 1
- verb without object loan to make a loan or loans; lend. 1
- idioms 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. 1
- abbreviation LOAN lending 1
- transitive verb loan lend money 1
- transitive verb loan lend things 1
- noun loan sthg lent 1
- countable noun loan A loan is a sum of money that you borrow. 0
- singular noun loan If someone gives you a loan of something, you borrow it from them. 0
- verb loan If you loan something to someone, you lend it to them. 0
- verb loan Loan out means the same as loan. 0
- noun loan the act of lending 0
- noun loan property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time 0
- noun loan (as modifier) 0
- noun loan the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language 0
- verb loan to lend (something, esp money) 0
- noun loan a lane 0
- noun loan a place where cows are milked 0
- noun loan the act of lending, esp. to use for a short time 0
- noun loan something lent; esp., a sum of money lent, often for a specified period and repayable with interest 0
- verb transitive loan to lend 0
- noun loan A loan is an amount of money that you borrow. 0
- noun loan (banking, finance) A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest). 0
- noun loan The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. 0
- noun loan The permission to borrow any item. 0
- noun loan (Scotland) A lonnen. 0
- verb loan (Informal) (usually double transitive, US, dated in Britain) To lend (something) to (someone). 0