loan
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán (“loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“that which is lent, loan, fief”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Icelandic lán (“loan”), Swedish lån (“loan”), Danish lån (“loan”), German Lehen (“fief, feudal estate”), Dutch leen (“fief, feudatory, something lent”), West Frisian lien (“something borrowed, loan”), North Frisian leen (“fief, loan, office”), Scots lane, lain, len (“loan”), Old English lǣn (“loan, borrowing, lease, grant, gift, present, benefit”). More at lend.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
loan (plural loans)
- (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).
- He got a five grand loan.
- The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
- He made a payment on his loan.
- The permission to borrow any item.
- Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
Hypernyms [edit]
- (something that a legal entity borrows): bailment
Hyponyms [edit]
- (something that a legal entity borrows): mutuum
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from loan (noun)
Translations [edit]
borrowed sum of money or other valuables
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contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan
permission to borrow any item
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Verb [edit]
loan (third-person singular simple present loans, present participle loaning, simple past and past participle loaned)
- (usually double transitive, US, dated in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).
- 2006: — Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)
- When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it.
- 2006: — Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)
Usage notes [edit]
- This usage, once widespread in the UK is now confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof).
- It is often considered incorrect when the object of the loan is something other than money.
Translations [edit]
to lend
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Anagrams [edit]
Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
loan
- Genitive singular form of loka.
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
loan (infinitive loar)
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of loar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of loar.
Vietnamese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Sino-Vietnamese, from 鸞
Noun [edit]
loan
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