loan
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loan1
▶noun a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
■ the action of lending.
■ short for loanword.
▶verb give as a loan; lend.– phrases
on loan being borrowed.
on loan being borrowed.
– derivatives
loanable adjective,
loanee noun,
loaner noun.
loanable adjective,
loanee noun,
loaner noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loan2 (also loaning)
▶noun [usu. in place names] Scottish
- 1 a lane.
- 2 an open piece of land where cows are milked.
'loan' also found in these Oxford entries:
advance
- bottomry
- bridging loan
- call
- calque
- collateral
- collateralize
- debenture
- debt security
- default
- drawdown
- geared
- gearing
- gilt
- imprest
- lend
- loan holder
- loan shark
- loan translation
- mortgage
- pledge
- portable
- press
- redline
- reference library
- repay
- S & L
- savings and loan
- secure
- securitize
- security
- self-certify
- soft loan
- sub
- sub-prime
- thrift
- tied
- tontine
- touch
- unsecured
- untied
- vigorish
- war loan
