Loan Definition

lōn
loaned, loaning, loans
noun
loans
An instance of lending.
A bank that makes loans to small businesses.
American Heritage
Something lent; esp., a sum of money lent, often for a specified period and repayable with interest.
Webster's New World
The agreement or contract specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a sum.
American Heritage
The act of lending, esp. for short-term use.
The loan of a pen.
Webster's New World
The repayment obligation associated with such an agreement.
She couldn't afford the loan after losing her job.
American Heritage
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Antonyms:
verb
loaned, loaning, loans
To lend.
Webster's New World

(usually double , US, dated in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).

Wiktionary
Antonyms:
idiom
on loan
  • lent for temporary use or service to another by the owner, regular employer, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Loan

Noun

Singular:
loan
Plural:
loans

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Loan

Origin of Loan

  • From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán (“loan"), from Proto-Germanic *laihnÄ… (“that which is lent, loan, fief"), from Proto-Indo-European *leykÊ·- (“to leave, leave over"). Cognate with Icelandic lán (“loan"), Swedish lÃ¥n (“loan"), Danish lÃ¥n (“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 lÇ£n (“loan, borrowing, lease, grant, gift, present, benefit"). More at lend.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English lan, lon from Old Norse lān leikw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See lawn.

    From Wiktionary

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