Loan

Noun

 * 1)  A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).
 * He got a five grand loan.
 * 1) The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
 * He made a payment on his loan.
 * 1) The permission to borrow any item.
 * Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

Verb

 * 1)  To lend (something) to (someone).
 * 2) * 2006: &mdash; Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)
 * When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it.

Adjectives for Loan
brief; willing; stagnant; inadequate; exorbitant.

Verbs for Loan
acknowledge—;  advance—;   amortize—; confer—upon; contract—; contribute—; extend—; facilitate—; float—; force—; grant -—; inveigle—; launch—; obtain—; pledge —; press—; procure—; raise—; solicit—; subscribe—; —gratifies; —indebts.

Thesaurus
Wall Street loan, accommodate with, accommodation, advance, allow, allowance, call loan, call money, collateral loan, credit, demand loan, external loan, float a loan, foreign loan, lease-lend, lend, lend-lease, loan-shark, long-term loan, negotiate a loan, policy loan, secured loan, short-term loan, time loan, unsecured loan

Etymology
Middle English from Old Norse lán, akin to Old English læn

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: lone
 * Homophones: lone

Noun

 * Arabic: قرض, إعارة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  借款
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Anleihe,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 貸付け,
 * Korean: 대부 (daebu)
 * Latin:


 * Luhya:
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: قرض
 * Polish: pożyczka
 * Portuguese: empréstimo
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, coingheall
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * German: Darlehensvertrag
 * Greek:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, coingheall


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mikopo
 * Turkish: ,


 * Greek: δανεισμός
 * Scottish Gaelic:, coingheall


 * Swahili: mikopo


 * : emprunt
 * : prestito
 * : കടം (katam) (1)
 * : empréstimo


 * : împrumut
 * : pozajmica, zajam , kredit
 * : préstamo
 * : கடன் (kaDan)
 * : ఋణము (ruNamu), అప్పు (appu), ఉద్దెర (uddera), అరువు (aruvu)
 * : tiền cho mượn

Verb

 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: kölcsönad
 * Italian:
 * Polish:


 * Romanian: a împrumuta
 * Russian: ссужать,
 * Serbian: pozajmiti
 * Slovak: pôžičať
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mikopo
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: cho mượn

Derived terms

 * loan shark
 * low-doc loan

Anagrams

 * NOLA

Noun
loan



Anagrams

 * laon, olan

Noun

 * 1) hen-phoenix

Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 鸞