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loan
1[ lohn ]
noun
- 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.
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.
loan
2[ lohn ]
noun
- a country lane; secondary road.
- an uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows.
loan
1/ əʊ /
noun
- the act of lending
the loan of a car
- property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
- ( as modifier )
loan holder
- 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
verb
- to lend (something, esp money)
loan
2/ əʊ; ˈəʊɪŋ /
noun
- a lane
- a place where cows are milked
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԱ, noun
- ˈDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·DzԱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of loan1
Origin of loan2
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Example Sentences
So, if you locked in a super-low mortgage rate a few years ago, trading that for a new, higher-rate loan might not be worth it.
It is difficult to see Kyle Walker returning to City once his loan spell with AC Milan ends.
The artwork is primarily conceptual and performance, avoiding some of the stickier issues of transport, storage and insurance most museum loans entail.
Forward Kelly has picked up regular minutes since her dramatic deadline-day loan move from Manchester City to Arsenal and recorded two assists as Arsenal booked their place in the Women's Champions League semi-finals last week.
“The key, as we’ve mentioned, is just to not get to a point to where it becomes so overwhelming that it starts affecting your other debt” like car loans or mortgages, Lupo said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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