loan
noun
[ ləʊn ]
• a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
• "borrowers can take out a loan for £84,000"
loan
verb
• lend (a sum of money or item of property).
• "the computer was loaned to us by the theatre"
Similar:
lend,
advance,
give credit,
credit,
allow,
give on loan,
give someone the loan of,
let someone have the use of,
let out,
lease,
charter,
hire,
sub,
borrow,
ask for the loan of,
receive/take on loan,
use temporarily,
Origin:
Middle English (also denoting a gift from a superior): from Old Norse lán, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leen, German Lehn, also to lend.
loan
noun
• a lane or narrow path, especially one leading to open ground.
• "Whitehouse Loan"
Origin:
late Middle English variant of lane.
