LOAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loan mean? 

• LOAN (noun)
  The noun LOAN has 2 senses:

1. the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

2. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. 'blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

  Familiarity information: LOAN used as a noun is rare.

• LOAN (verb)
  The verb LOAN has 1 sense:

1. give temporarily; let have for a limited time

  Familiarity information: LOAN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("loan" is a kind of...):

debt (money or goods or services owed by one person to another)

Meronyms (parts of "loan"):

principal (the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loan"):

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)

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)

Derivation:

loan (give temporarily; let have for a limited time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word borrowed from another language; e.g. 'blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

loan; loanword

Hypernyms ("loan" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loan"):

Latinism (a word or phrase borrowed from Latin)

Gallicism (a word or phrase borrowed from French)

• LOAN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they loan    ... he / she / it loans   
Past simple: loaned   
Past participle: loaned   
-ing form: loaning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give temporarily; let have for a limited time

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

lend; loan

Context example:

loan me some money

Hypernyms (to "loan" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "loan"):

farm out; hire out; rent out (grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee)

trust ((chiefly archaic) extend credit to)

advance (pay in advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They loan cars to the tourists
They loan the tourists their cars

Derivation:

loan (the temporary provision of money (usually at interest))

 Context examples 

This means that if you applied for a loan or mortgage, you may now hear that you are approved.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Already-queued orders won't leave idle capacity for some years, Maróth said, and paying back this loan seems realistic.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

One of our most lucrative means of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security is unimpeachable.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do but ask the loan of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That condition was, that he should make a solemn resolution to grant no more loans of his name, or anything else, to Mr. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“However, my”—he pulled himself up and coughed in a consequential way—“my financial agent has arranged for a loan, repayable upon the King’s death.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had just come from a fruitless interview with the pawnbroker, from whom he had tried to wring an additional loan on his wheel.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An officially chartered institution empowered to receive deposits, make loans, and provide checking and savings account services, all at a profit.

(Bank, NCI Thesaurus)

“Give me a loan of the link, Dick,” said he; and then, when he had a good light, “That'll do, lad,” he added; “stick the glim in the wood heap; and you, gentlemen, bring yourselves to! You needn't stand up for Mr. Hawkins; HE'LL excuse you, you may lay to that. And so, Jim”—stopping the tobacco—“here you were, and quite a pleasant surprise for poor old John.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)