loan
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4.7
- noun
- /loʊn/
- Specialized
- The book is on loan from the library until the end of the month.
- loan word
- Arabic loan
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Examples
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The historic artifact is currently on loan from the museum to our local gallery.
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Linguists have demonstrated that Swahili, though it contains many Arabic loan words, is derived from Bantu, an African language.
Academic text (2005) -
The phone book was on permanent loan from the university library.
Fiction book (2002) -
The furniture seemed to be on loan from the Art Institute.
Fiction book (1994) -
On loan from the State Department since '95.
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It was on loan to the museum for the remainder of Daddy's lifetime.
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Now, one of the lesser mummies, on loan from the Egyptian government, was being circulated all over the United States.
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What we're looking at is the most beautiful oil painting on loan to us by the Getty Museum, California, showing the adoration of the Magi.
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We've just come from this afternoon from DC where there's the Cyrus cylinder on loan from the from the British Museum.
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The painting is on loan to us for the exhibition from a private collector.
Synonyms
1
5.9
A word borrowed from another language used without translation
Compounds
- Specialized
56
3.9
A bank that accepts people's savings and makes loans to buy houses
- Specialized
18
3.2
A loan to buy a house or other property that you pay back over time
17
2.3
An amount of money borrowed from a bank that you must pay back with interest by an agreed date
- Specialized
8
2.6
Money a bank gives a person for personal use that must be paid back with extra money
- Specialized
7
3.7
A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
5
3.3
Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
4
3.4
An amount of money a bank gives a business that it must pay back with interest
- Specialized
3
3.2
Money that a person borrows for personal or family costs and repays with interest
- Specialized
2
3.8
A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
- Specialized
1
3.6
A bank that takes savings and lends money to help people buy houses
1
6.0
A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more
- Specialized
1
7.1
A small bank that gives loans and sometimes holds savings but usually not checking accounts
- Specialized
1
6.4
An arrangement where several banks share a large loan to reduce risk
1
6.1
A network of U.S. government-backed banks that lend money to local lenders like savings banks and credit unions
- Specialized
A word or phrase made by changing each part of a foreign phrase to keep its meaning
- Specialized
A large amount of money lent by several banks together to one borrower
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loan in language study is short for loanword and uses the simple idea of borrowing: it means a 'borrowed word' taken from another language, just like borrowing a book. So a language loan is a word that moved from one language into another.