loan
/loʊn/noun, verb1 syllable
Loan means: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English.
Synonyms for loan5
noun, as in a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English
loanword
verb, as in give temporarily; let have for a limited time
What does loan mean?3
noun
1
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English
2
the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
verb
1
give temporarily; let have for a limited time“I will lend you my car”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with loan?34
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Loan in a sentence
- You took out a loan in order to buy a car, didn't you?Amastan
- If you want enemies, loan money to your friends.rul
- If my parents had a better salary, they would pay the loan back.Ioan_Cristian
- All having been spent on repairs, he applied to the bank for the loan.unknown
- According to all probability, no language is totally free of loan words.Eldad
- Among other measures, the stimulus package will allow business owners to get cheaper loans.Hybrid
- I've got to get some money somehow to repay the bank loan.Zifre
- We must ask the bank for the loan.Dejo
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of loan
as a noun
- plural
- loans
as a verb
- past tense
- loaned
- present participle
- loaning
- third-person singular
- loans
- past participle
- loaned