- loan
- loan1 W2S2 [ləun US loun] n[Date: 1100-1200; : Old Norse; Origin: lan]1.)an amount of money that you borrow from a bank etcloan of▪ a loan of £60,000▪ I had to take out a loan to buy my car.▪ It'll be years before we've paid off the loan .▪ The organization was allowed to make loans to private businesses.▪ I'll get a bank loan if necessary.▪ The average home loan is now almost triple what it was at the beginning of the Eighties.▪ An interest-free loan fund is available for students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty.▪ They were unable to keep up with their loan repayments .2.) [singular]when you lend something to someoneloan of▪ Thanks for the loan of your camera.3.) on loan (from sb/sth)if something or someone is on loan, they have been borrowed▪ The book I wanted was out on loan.▪ paintings on loan from the Louvre▪ Cantona initially went on loan to Leeds United.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬COLLOCATES for sense 1take out a loan (=borrow money)repay/pay off/pay back a loan (=give back money you have borrowed)make a loan American English (=give someone a loan)bank loan (=money lent by a bank)car/home loan (=a loan to buy a car etc)personal loan (=money lent to anindividual )business loan (=money lent to a business)student loan (=money lent to students to pay for university)interest-free loan (=a loan on which you only repay the amount you borrowed)loan repayment▬▬▬▬▬▬▬loan 2loan2 v [T]1.) AmE to lend someone something, especially moneyloan sb sth▪ Can you loan me $5?▪ Jeff's loaned us his car for the weekend.2.) also loan outBrE to lend something valuable to someone▪ The National Library has loaned several manuscripts.loan sth to sb/sth▪ Two of the steam trains have been loaned to other railways.
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.