1. loan(n = noun.possession) - the temporary provision of money (usually at interest);
is a kind of debt
has parts: principal
has particulars: bank loan, equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan, installment credit, installment loan, call loan, demand loan, direct loan, loan participation, participation financing, participation loan, consumer loan, personal loan, point, mortgage loan, real estate loan, time loan
Derived form verb loan1
2. loan(n = noun.communication) loanword - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English;
is a kind of word
has particulars: latinism, gallicism
loan(v = verb.possession) lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
is one way to give
Derived form noun loan1
Sample sentences:
They loan cars to the tourists; They loan the tourists their cars
A loanin. [1913 Webster]
1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services. [1913 Webster]
2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. [1913 Webster]
To lend; -- sometimes with
"By way of location or loaning them out." [1913 Webster]
loan, n. & v.
--n.
1 something lent, esp. a sum of money to be returned normally with interest.
2 the act of lending or state of being lent.
3 funds acquired by the State, esp. from individuals, and regarded as a debt.
4 a word, custom, etc., adopted by one people from another.
--v.tr. lend (esp. money).
Idiom:
loan shark colloq. a person who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest. loan-translation an expression adopted by one language from another in a more or less literally translated form. on loan acquired or given as a loan.
Derivative:
loanable adj. loanee n. loaner n.
loan, n. (also loaning) Sc.
1 a lane.
2 an open place where cows are milked.
Etymology:
ME var. of LANE
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
N lending, loan, advance, accommodation, feneration, mortgage, second mortgage, home loan, investment, note, bond, commercial paper, mont de piete, pawnshop, my uncle's, lender, pawnbroker, money lender, usurer, loan shark, loaner (of item loaned), lending, lent, unborrowed &c (borrowed), in advance, on loan, on security.
VB lend, advance, accommodate with, lend on security, loan, pawn, intrust, invest, place out to interest, put out to interest, let, demise, lease, sett, underlet.
auto loan, automobile loan, bank loan, business loan, call loan, car loan, commercial loan, consumer loan, demand loan, direct loan, federal home loan bank system, federal home loan mortgage corporation, home equity loan, home loan, home loan bank, industrial loan company, installment loan, interbank loan, loan application, loan approval, loan collection, loan office, loan participation, loan shark, loan sharking, loan translation, mortgage loan, participation loan, personal loan, real estate loan, savings and loan, savings and loan association, small loan company, time loan