loan
noun
\ ˈlōn
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Definition of loan
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: money lent at interest
took out a loan to pay for the new car
b
: something lent usually for the borrower's temporary use
2a
: the grant of temporary use
Can I have the loan of your car?
b
: the temporary duty of a person transferred to another job for a limited time
He had been on loan to the navy during the war.
3
: loanword
The word "nosh" is a loan from Yiddish.
loan
verb
loaned;
loaning;
loans
Definition of loan (Entry 2 of 2)
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Other Words from loan
Verb
loanable
\ ˈlō-nə-bəl
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of loan in a Sentence
Noun
He got a car loan. He'll need several more years to pay off the rest of the loan. She needed money, so she asked her friend for a loan.Verb
The National Gallery has been kind enough to loan this painting to our museum. His mother loaned him the money to buy a new car. Can you loan me $20?
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The 28-year-old had been pursued by West Bromwich Albion during the summer transfer window after having a successful loan spell with the Baggies last season, scoring 24 goals. — SI.com, "Steve Bruce Expresses Concern Over Dwight Gayle Injury & Gives Andy Carroll & Matt Richie Update," 30 Aug. 2019 There are also giant pandas currently on loan from China at Zoo Atlanta and the Memphis Zoo. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "Could the trade war with China cost the U.S. its pandas?," 29 Aug. 2019 At Roots, some of the museum's artifacts will be on loan from a collector in California named Oran Z. Belgrave, who owned the Pan-African Black Facts & Wax Museum in Los Angeles, before it was closed in 2012. — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville will soon have a 'healing place' for black history at new museum on Main Street," 29 Aug. 2019 During a long homestand, the refrigerator in the kitchen and a small one in the living room, which is on loan from the Blue Jays, are stuffed. — James Wagner, New York Times, "Abuela, Chef, Boss: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Grandmother Feeds the Majors," 25 Aug. 2019 That included the Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, the source of hundreds of works by Alaska artists that are on loan to courthouses and public office buildings as far away as Washington, D.C. — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska groups scramble to rehire and restart programs after funding was vetoed, then restored," 24 Aug. 2019 What the evidence does show is that large-scale tax cuts lead to more debt, deficits, budget cuts and economic uncertainty as a greater share of financial resources is devoted to paying off interest on loans from our trading partners. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Trickle-down theory is a monstrous lie intended to justify the rich getting richer," 20 Aug. 2019 Cropper, 26, is on loan from the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "Hartford Athletic scores four times in second half to defeat Puerto Rican national team 5-1 in international friendly," 18 Aug. 2019 Prosper Kasim has four on the season, while JJ Williams and Brian Wright have become integral parts of the team on loan from MLS squads and have each scored three goals. — Cheryl Wray, al, "Legion FC puts shutout streak on the line Saturday at home vs. Memphis," 15 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
However, an abysmal debut campaign saw Bakayoko quickly loaned out to Milan, and there appears to be no way back for the underperforming Frenchman. — SI.com, "Tiemoue Bakayoko Nearing Monaco Loan After Chelsea Finally Agree to Move," 27 Aug. 2019 An 85 percent scale version of a notional spaceplane, the X-40A flew one mission for the Air Force before being loaned to NASA for its program concept. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Everything We Know About the Air Force's Secret X-37B Spaceplane," 30 July 2019 Amaya and Hague have been in Cincinnati all season while the others were loaned out. — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, "FC Cincinnati bet big on the MLS SuperDraft. So far, it's been a smart gamble.," 3 July 2019 The Northern Echo state that winger Jacob Murphy is the unlucky casualty, with the club ready to loan him out to one of Fulham, Derby County, Sheffield Wednesday or Huddersfield Town. — SI.com, "Transfer Rumours: Rugani Snubs Wolves, Walker-Peters to Palace, Newcastle Fail for Lille Star & More," 7 Aug. 2019 The lunar sample lab has two side-by-side vaults: one for rocks still in straight-from-the-moon condition and a smaller vault for samples previously loaned out for study. — Washington Post, "NASA to open moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions," 26 June 2019 The lunar sample lab has two side-by-side vaults: one for rocks still in straight-from-the-moon condition and a smaller vault for samples previously loaned out for study. — Marcia Dunn, The Denver Post, "NASA to open moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions," 26 June 2019 The lunar sample lab has two side-by-side vaults: one for rocks still in straight-from-the-moon condition and a smaller vault for samples previously loaned out for study. — Marcia Dunn, BostonGlobe.com, "NASA unseals moon rock samples for the first time since the Apollo missions," 26 June 2019 Kate was wearing one of her favorite tiaras, the Lover's Knot (also worn by Princess Diana), as well as sapphire earrings loaned by the Queen and originally belonging to the Queen Mother. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Kate Middleton Unexpectedly Reached Out to a Woman at the Banquet," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'loan.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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