Meaning of loan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.
   Northern-England, Scotland
2. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
3. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use
4. To lend (money or property).
5. 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).
6. 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)
7. The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
8. on loan, loaned or borrowed for temporary use or employment.
9. The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan
10. The permission to borrow any item.
11. To supply (money), especially on credit:advance, lend.
12. The permission to borrow any item
13. (especially American) to lend. Can you loan me a pen? leen يُقْرِض заемам emprestar půjčit leihen låne δανείζωprestar laenama قرض دادن lainata prêter לְהַלווֹת ऋण posuditi kölcsönad meminjamkan lána prestare 貸す 빌려 주다 paskolinti aizņemties; aizdot pinjamkan lenenlånepożyczyć قرض وركول emprestar a îm­prumuta давать взаймы požičať posoditi pozajmiti låna ให้ยืม borç vermek, ödünç vermek 借出 позичати قرض دینا cho vay; cho mượn 借出
    especially American
14. To lend (something) to (someone)
15. An instance of lending: a bank that makes loans to small businesses.
16. A sum of money that is lent, usually with an interest fee: took out a loan to buy a car; repaid the loan over five years.
17. The state of being lent for temporary use: a painting on loan from another museum.
18. the act of lending: the loan of a car.
19. (Banking & Finance) a. property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
20. (Linguistics) the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language

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Examples

“Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.”

“All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.”

“He got a loan of five thousand pounds.”

“That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.”

“He made a payment on his loan.”

“Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.”

“the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan”

“[...] The herds upon the loan, As if a sheep had fled, wi' speed, At Grumphy tykes hound on Wi' loud huzza!”

“[...] meeting in the loan above the house his own great plough with the six oxen, which were the pride of his heart.”

“When the dews begin to fauld the flowers, and the gloaming shades draw on, When the star comes stealing through the sky, and the kye are in the loan, He whistles[…]”

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