1.  loan(n = noun.possession) - the temporary provision of money (usually at interest);
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;

   loan(v = verb.possession) lend - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"
Derived form noun loan₁
Sample sentences: They %s cars to the tourists; They %s 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 out. Kent. [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.