loan

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

   He made a payment on his loan.

4. 4
   noun

   The permission to borrow any item.

   Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

5. 5
   verb

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.

   the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan

7. 7
   noun

   a word borrowed from another language

8. 8
   noun

   the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

Etymology

From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend.