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loan
the act of lending: the loan of a book; money lent: The bank granted the loan. [Some contend that lend is a verb and loan is a noun. However, loan as a verb meaning to lend has been used in English for nearly eight hundred years. Loan is most common in financial contexts.]
Not to be confused with:
lend – to grant the use of something that will be returned; to make a loan: I agreed to lend him the money.; to help: lend a hand
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loan
(lōn)n.
1. An instance of lending: a bank that makes loans to small businesses.
2.
a. 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.
b. The agreement or contract specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a sum.
c. The repayment obligation associated with such an agreement: She couldn't afford the loan after losing her job.
d. The right to payment associated with such an agreement: a bank that buys consumer loans.
3. The state of being lent for temporary use: a painting on loan from another museum.
tr.v. loaned, loan·ing, loans
To lend (money or property).
Usage Note: The verb loan has been criticized by usage writers since the 19th century as an illegitimate form. The verb had fallen out of use in Britain, and the British criticism of the word got picked up by writers in the United States, where the verb had survived. In fact, the use of loan goes back to the 16th century and possibly earlier. It has seen vigorous use in American English right up to today and must be considered standard: "Lenny was delighted and even loaned his friend the capital needed for a stake in the firm" (Louis Auchincloss). Note that loan is used to describe only physical transactions, as of money or goods, while lend is correct not just for physical transactions, but for figurative ones as well: "Experience with death does not lend wisdom to physicians any more than to undertakers" (Bernard Lown).
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loan
(ləʊn)n
1. the act of lending: the loan of a car.
2. (Banking & Finance)
a. property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
b. (as modifier): loan holder.
3. (Linguistics) the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language
4. (Linguistics) short for loan word
5. on loan
a. lent out; borrowed
b. (esp of personnel) transferred from a regular post to a temporary one elsewhere
vb
to lend (something, esp money)
[C13 loon, lan, from Old Norse lān; related to Old English lǣn loan; compare German Lehen fief, Lohn wages]
ˈloanable adj
ˈloaner n
loan
(ləʊn) orloaning
n
1. a lane
2. (Agriculture) a place where cows are milked
[Old English lone, variant of lane1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
loan
(loʊn)n.
1. the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book.
2. something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest.
3. loanword.
v.t. 4. to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella?
5. to lend (money) at interest.
v.i. 6. to make a loan or loans; lend.
Idioms: on loan, loaned or borrowed for temporary use or employment.
[1150–1200; Middle English lon(e),lan(e) (n.), Old English lān gift, grant < Old Norse lān, c. Old English lǣn, Middle Dutch lēne, Old High German lēhan; compare lend]
loan′a•ble, adj.
usage: Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan as a verb meaning “to lend” has been used in English for nearly 800 years. The occasional objections to loan as a verb referring to things other than money are comparatively recent. loan is standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones: The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.
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loan
Past participle: loaned
Gerund: loaning
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| 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 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" 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?" |
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loan
noun
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loan
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Translations
půjčkapůjčitpůjčení
lånlåne
lainalainata jollekulle
posuditipozajmicapozajmiti
kölcsönkölcsönadás
lánlána
貸し付け貸し付ける
대출금빌려주다
paskolinimas
aizdevumsaizdošanaaizdotaizņemšanāsaizņemties
pôžičkapožičanie
posoditiposojilo
lånlåna
เงินกู้ให้กู้เงิน
cho vaytiền cho vay
loan
[ləʊn]A. N (= thing lent between persons) → préstamo m; (from bank) → crédito m, préstamo m
it's on loan → está prestado
I had it on loan from the company → me lo prestó la empresa
she is on loan to another department → presta temporalmente sus servicios en otra sección
to raise a loan (= money) → obtener or conseguir un préstamo
to subscribe a loan → suscribir un préstamo
I asked for the loan of the book → le pedí prestado el libro
it's on loan → está prestado
I had it on loan from the company → me lo prestó la empresa
she is on loan to another department → presta temporalmente sus servicios en otra sección
to raise a loan (= money) → obtener or conseguir un préstamo
to subscribe a loan → suscribir un préstamo
I asked for the loan of the book → le pedí prestado el libro
B. VT → prestar
C. CPD loan account N → cuenta f de crédito
loan agreement N → acuerdo m de crédito
loan capital N → capital m en préstamo
loan fund N → fondo m de crédito para empréstitos
loan shark N → prestamista mf usurero/a, tiburón m
loan translation N → calco m lingüístico
loan word N → préstamo m
loan agreement N → acuerdo m de crédito
loan capital N → capital m en préstamo
loan fund N → fondo m de crédito para empréstitos
loan shark N → prestamista mf usurero/a, tiburón m
loan translation N → calco m lingüístico
loan word N → préstamo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
loan
[ˈləʊn] n
(= sum of money) → prêt m
a loan of £373,000 → un prêt de 373 000 livres bank loan, loan repayment, loan guarantee
a loan of £373,000 → un prêt de 373 000 livres bank loan, loan repayment, loan guarantee
(= temporary use) → prêt m
the loan of a bike → le prêt d'une bicyclette
to offer sb the loan of sth → proposer à qn le prêt de qch
on loan [book, artwork] → prêté(e), en prêt
to be on loan from (= lent by) → être prêté(e) par
on loan to → prêté(e) à
Some of the paintings have been sent out on loan to other museums → Certains des tableaux ont été prêtés à d'autres musées.
the loan of a bike → le prêt d'une bicyclette
to offer sb the loan of sth → proposer à qn le prêt de qch
on loan [book, artwork] → prêté(e), en prêt
to be on loan from (= lent by) → être prêté(e) par
on loan to → prêté(e) à
Some of the paintings have been sent out on loan to other museums → Certains des tableaux ont été prêtés à d'autres musées.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
loan
n
(= thing lent) → Leihgabe f; (from bank etc) → Darlehen nt; (= public loan) → Anleihe f; my friend let me have the money as a loan → mein Freund hat mir das Geld geliehen; it’s not a gift, it’s a loan → es ist nicht geschenkt, sondern nur geliehen; government loans → Regierungsdarlehen nt; (= borrowings) → Staatsanleihen pl
I asked for the loan of a bicycle → ich bat darum, ein Fahrrad ausleihen zu dürfen; he gave me the loan of his bicycle → er hat mir sein Fahrrad geliehen; conditions governing the loan of this book → Leihbedingungen pl → für dieses Buch; it’s on loan → es ist geliehen; (= out on loan) → es ist verliehen or ausgeliehen; the machinery is on loan from the American government → die Maschinen sind eine Leihgabe der amerikanischen Regierung; she’s on loan to us from the CIA → sie ist vom CIA an uns abgestellt worden; to have something on loan → etw geliehen haben (from von)
vt → leihen (to sb jdm)
loan
:loan account
n → Darlehenskonto nt, → Kreditkonto nt
loanback facility
n (Insur) → Beleihungsmöglichkeit f
loan bank
n (Brit) → Darlehensbank f, → Kreditanstalt f
loan capital
n → Anleihekapital nt
loan collection
n → Leihgaben pl
loan shark
n (inf) → Kredithai m (inf)
loan word
n → Lehnwort nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
loan
[ləʊn]1. n → prestito
to give sb the loan of sth → prestare or dare in prestito qc a qn
to ask for the loan of → chiedere in prestito
on loan (book, painting) → in prestito (employee) → distaccato/a
to raise a loan (money) → ottenere un prestito or un mutuo
to give sb the loan of sth → prestare or dare in prestito qc a qn
to ask for the loan of → chiedere in prestito
on loan (book, painting) → in prestito (employee) → distaccato/a
to raise a loan (money) → ottenere un prestito or un mutuo
2. vt → prestare, dare in prestito
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
loan
(ləun) noun1. anything lent, especially money. I shall ask the bank for a loan.
2. the act of lending. I gave him the loan of my bicycle.
verb (especially American) to lend. Can you loan me a pen?
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
loan
→ قَرْضٌ, يُقرِضُ půjčit, půjčka lån, låne Darlehen, leihen δανείζω, δάνειο préstamo, prestar laina, lainata jollekulle prêt, prêter pozajmica, pozajmiti prestare, prestito 貸し付け, 貸し付ける 대출금, 빌려주다 lenen, lening lån, låne ut pożyczka, pożyczyć emprestar, empréstimo ссуда, ссужать lån, låna เงินกู้, ให้กู้เงิน kredi, ödünç vermek cho vay, tiền cho vay 借给, 贷款Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
loan
n. préstamo;
v. prestar.
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