loan
//ləʊn//
Forms
- Plural
- loans
- present (v1)
- loan
- past (v2)
- loaned
- past participle (v3)
- loaned
- present participle
- loaning
- 3rd person singular
- loans
Definitions
1.An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
- Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.
2.A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
- He got a loan of five thousand pounds.
- All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
3.The permission to borrow any item.
- Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
4.The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
- He made a payment on his loan.
1.To lend (something) to (someone).(informal)
- All the rest, six out of eleven, more than half, were loaned to him.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1672
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”).