to loan
- verb
- /loʊn/
- If you really need it, I can loan you some money until payday.
- loan money
- banks loan money
- loan support
Foreign banks now began to loan Japan much needed cash as well.
- Foreign banks now began to loan Japan much needed cash as well.
- So he loaned that, that whole box to me.
- I called him and he he actually loaned us his, one of his staffers.
- Hey, I need that cable that I loaned you also.
- This was one of the first dresses that was ever loaned to me.
- It's money is, is loaned into being by banks.
- The less the bank loans you, you know, the more they're happy.
- Instead, they loan money to a shopping mall developer with her money.
- It's it's depositors saying we gear the you guys have loan it and we want to cash out.
Examples
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I'd like to loan you 50 cents, but all I got is 40 cents.
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Instead, they loan money to a shopping mall developer with her money.
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Please loan it to us.
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Come on, loan me 20 bucks.
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We loan money to various enterprises here in the States.
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They actually have to loan it out to people like me.
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Hey, I need that cable that I loaned you also.
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I loaned you my garden hose last August.
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Norwegian banks are increasingly reluctant to loan money, given the growing number of bankruptcies in the industry.
Academic text (1990) -
He loaned the money to the Yokums over here, that opened up Boot Scootin Western Wear.
Synonyms
Give something to someone for a short time and expect it back
Compounds
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A bank that accepts people's savings and makes loans to buy houses
An amount of money borrowed from a bank that you must pay back with interest by an agreed date
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Money a bank gives a person for personal use that must be paid back with extra money
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A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
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Money that a person borrows for personal or family costs and repays with interest
An amount of money a bank gives a business that it must pay back with interest
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A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
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A bank that takes savings and lends money to help people buy houses
A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more
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A small bank that gives loans and sometimes holds savings but usually not checking accounts
A network of U.S. government-backed banks that lend money to local lenders like savings banks and credit unions
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An arrangement where several banks share a large loan to reduce risk
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A word or phrase made by changing each part of a foreign phrase to keep its meaning
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A large amount of money lent by several banks together to one borrower
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Loan as a verb comes from the same old root meaning 'to let someone use something for a time', like the familiar verb lend. So to loan money or an item is to give it for a time and expect it to be returned.