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loan
UK /ləʊn/ US /loʊn/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
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).
All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
He got a loan of five thousand pounds.
3
The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
He made a payment on his loan.
4
The permission to borrow any item.
Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
verb
1
To lend (something) to (someone).
In the course of a correspondence that passed between us at this period, he mentioned, to my utter astonishment, the fact of his having loaned Neilson 81000 to buy my bill on Maryland; and stated that he could not proceed to make the payment until Neilson refunded the money.
All the rest—six out of eleven, more than half—were loaned to him.
noun
1
An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.
the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan
[...] The herds upon the loan, As if a sheep had fled, wi' speed, At Grumphy tykes hound on Wi' loud huzza!
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