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English

Etymology

Middle English from Old Norse lán, akin to Old English læn

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular loan

Plural loans

loan (plural loans)

  1. (banking, finance) A sum of money or other valuables or consideration which 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).
    He got a five grand loan.
  2. The contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
    He made a payment on his loan.
  3. The permission to borrow any item.
    Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

Verb

Infinitive to loan

Third person singular loans

Simple past loaned

Past participle loaned

Present participle loaning

to loan (third-person singular simple present loans, present participle loaning, simple past and past participle loaned)

  1. (US) To lend. This usage is confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof) and elsewhere is ungrammatical (loan being the noun, and lend the verb).
    2006: When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it. — Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)

Translations

to lend
  • Romanian: a împrumuta
  • Russian: ссужать ru(ru) (ssužát’), давать взаймы ru(ru) (davát’ vzajmý)
  • Serbian: pozajmiti
  • Slovak: pôžičať
  • Spanish: prestar es(es)
  • Swahili: mikopo sw(sw)
  • Vietnamese: cho mượn

Derived terms

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

loan

  1. Genitive singular form of loka.

 

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