loaning

loan  (ln)

n.

1.

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.

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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

loaning - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned lending disposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something usury - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest