loan
♦♦ loan /l'oʊn/ (loans loaning loaned)
1 [N-COUNT]
A loan is a sum of money that you borrow.
The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans.
...loan repayments.
see also bridging loan, soft loan
2 [N-SING] N of n
If someone gives you a loan of something, you borrow it from them.
He had offered the loan of his small villa at Cap Ferrat.
3 [VERB] V n n, V n to n, also V n
If you loan something to someone, you lend it to them.
He had kindly offered to loan us all the plants required for the exhibit...
We were approached by the Royal Yachting Association to see if we would loan our boat to them.
= lend
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron) to n, be V-ed out, also V n P, V P n
Loan out means the same as loan.
It is common practice for clubs to loan out players to sides in the lower divisions...
The ground was loaned out for numerous events including pop concerts.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something is on loan, it has been borrowed.
...impressionist paintings on loan from the National Gallery...bridg|ing loan (bridging loans)
[N-COUNT]
A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own. (BRIT)loan shark (loan sharks)
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If you describe someone as a loan shark, you disapprove of them because they lend money to people and charge them very high rates of interest on the loan. (INFORMAL)sav|ings and loan
also savings and loans
[N-SING] usu N n
A savings and loan association is a business where people save money to earn interest, and which lends money to savers to buy houses. Compare building society. (mainly AM BUSINESS)soft loan (soft loans)
[N-COUNT]
A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries. (BUSINESS)
1 [N-COUNT]
A loan is a sum of money that you borrow.
The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans.
...loan repayments.
see also bridging loan, soft loan
2 [N-SING] N of n
If someone gives you a loan of something, you borrow it from them.
He had offered the loan of his small villa at Cap Ferrat.
3 [VERB] V n n, V n to n, also V n
If you loan something to someone, you lend it to them.
He had kindly offered to loan us all the plants required for the exhibit...
We were approached by the Royal Yachting Association to see if we would loan our boat to them.
= lend
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron) to n, be V-ed out, also V n P, V P n
Loan out means the same as loan.
It is common practice for clubs to loan out players to sides in the lower divisions...
The ground was loaned out for numerous events including pop concerts.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If something is on loan, it has been borrowed.
...impressionist paintings on loan from the National Gallery...bridg|ing loan (bridging loans)
[N-COUNT]
A bridging loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own. (BRIT)loan shark (loan sharks)
[N-COUNT]
If you describe someone as a loan shark, you disapprove of them because they lend money to people and charge them very high rates of interest on the loan. (INFORMAL)sav|ings and loan
also savings and loans
[N-SING] usu N n
A savings and loan association is a business where people save money to earn interest, and which lends money to savers to buy houses. Compare building society. (mainly AM BUSINESS)soft loan (soft loans)
[N-COUNT]
A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries. (BUSINESS)