loans

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.

– derivatives
loanable adjective,
loanee noun,
loaner noun.

– origin ME: from ON lán, of Gmc origin; rel. to lend.

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.

– origin ME: var. of lane.