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noun

Loan n. A loanin. (Scot.)

Loan n.

The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

Loan office.

(a)

An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender.

(b)

A pawnbroker's shop.

verb

Loan v. t. (past & past part. loaned; pres. part. loaning) To lend; sometimes with out. "By way of location or loaning them out."

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Etymology of 'Loan'

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"Loan" Quotes from Famous Books

... there is any difficulty," he continued, desirous of making peace, "I shall be glad to arrange a loan for you." ...

— No. 13 Washington Square • Leroy Scott

... cheap water-supply and of borrowing two hundred thousand roubles from the Treasury. Even the very rich people, of whom there were about thirty in the town, people who would lose a whole estate at cards, used to drink the bad water and talk passionately about the loan—and I could never understand this, for it seemed to me it would be simpler for them to pay up the ...

— The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories • Anton Tchekoff

... and three large bowls; but he confessed to the captain that all his efforts would be in vain unless he could obtain a vessel in which to boil it, as the wooden bowls would certainly not answer the purpose. His object was to obtain the loan of ...

— The Wanderers - Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco • W.H.G. Kingston

... to sole me a horse, an' Mrs Davis'n will loan me a cart," returned the half-breed, ...

— The Buffalo Runners - A Tale of the Red River Plains • R.M. Ballantyne

... Lord has been pleased to crown the prayers of his servant respecting the establishment of an Orphan House in this city. The subject of my prayer was, that he would graciously provide a house, either as a loan or as a gift, or that some one might be led to pay the rent for one; further, that he would give me one thousand pounds for the object, and likewise suitable individuals to take care of the children. A day or two after, I was led to ask, in addition to the above, that he would ...

— The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Mueller • George Mueller

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