loan
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English from Old Norse lán, akin to Old English læn
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Homophones: lone
[edit] Noun
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loan (plural loans)
- (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.
- The contract and array of legal and/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.
[edit] Translations
borrowed sum of money or other valuables
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contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan
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[edit] Verb
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to loan (third-person singular simple present loans, present participle loaning, simple past and past participle loaned)
- (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)
[edit] Translations
to lend
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
loan
- Genitive singular form of loka.
