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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

also used for loan

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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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All 34 rhymes for loan, grouped by syllable

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