to loan
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2.0
- verb
- /loʊn/
:
prestar
- 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
262
1.0
Give something to someone for a short time and expect it back
Compounds
- Specialized
33
3.9
A bank that accepts people's savings and makes loans to buy houses
14
2.3
An amount of money borrowed from a bank that you must pay back with interest by an agreed date
- Specialized
7
2.6
Money a bank gives a person for personal use that must be paid back with extra money
- Specialized
6
3.7
A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
4
3.3
Money you borrow to buy or build property that the bank can take if you do not pay
- Specialized
2
3.2
Money that a person borrows for personal or family costs and repays with interest
1
3.4
An amount of money a bank gives a business that it must pay back with interest
- Specialized
1
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
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
- 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
How Much
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.