loan

loan (l

a. Something lent for temporary use.

b. A sum of money lent at interest.

2. An act of lending; a grant for temporary use: asked for the loan of a garden hose.

3. A temporary transfer to a duty or place away from a regular job: an efficiency expert on loan from the main office.

tr.v. loaned, loan·ing, loans Usage Problem

To lend.

[Middle English lan, lon, from Old Norse ln; see leik^w- in Indo-European roots.]

loaner n.

Usage Note: The verb loan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect. The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originated from a provincial deference to British critics, who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism. Loan is, however, used to describe only physical transactions, as of money or goods; for figurative transactions, lend is correct: Distance lends enchantment. The allusions lend the work a classical tone.

loan

Noun

1. money lent at interest for a fixed period of time

2. the act of lending: I am grateful to her for the loan of her book

3. property lent

4. on loan lent out; borrowed

Verb

to lend (something, esp. money) [Old Norse lān]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	loan - the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) bank loan - a loan made by a bank; to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan - a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home installment credit, installment loan - a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments debt - money or goods or services owed by one person to another call loan, demand loan - a loan that is repayable on demand direct loan - a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party; direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans loan participation, participation financing, participation loan - a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone consumer loan, personal loan - a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use; usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay point - one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan mortgage loan, real estate loan - a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage time loan - a loan that is payable on or before a specified date principal - the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
	2.	loan - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English loanword word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" Latinism - a word or phrase borrowed from Latin Gallicism - a word or phrase borrowed from French
Verb	1.	loan - give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" lend give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" hire out, rent out, farm out - grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook" trust - extend credit to; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" advance - pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"