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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
loan1 /loʊn/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. the act of lending:the loan of a book.
  2. something lent, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:a loan of $25,000.

v. 
  1. to make a loan of;
    lend: [~ + object + object]Loan me your umbrella.[~ + object + to + object]Loan your umbrella to him.[~ + object]The bank loans money.
Idioms
  1. Idioms on loan, loaned for temporary use:The books are on loan.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
loan1  (lōn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of lending;
    a grant of the temporary use of something:the loan of a book.
  2. something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.
  3. Linguisticsloanword.
  4. Idioms on loan:
    • borrowed for temporary use:How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time?
    • temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another:Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.

v.t. 
  1. to make a loan of;
    lend:Will you loan me your umbrella?
  2. to lend (money) at interest.

v.i. 
  1. to make a loan or loans;
    lend.
  • Old Norse lān; replacing its cognate, Old English lǣn loan, grant, cognate with Dutch leen loan, German Leh(e)n fief; compare lend
  • Middle English lon(e), lan(e) (noun, nominal), Old English lān 1150–1200
    Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan1 as a verb meaning "to lend'' has been used in English for nearly 800 years:Nearby villages loaned clothing and other supplies to the flood-ravaged town.The occasional objections to loan as a verb referring to things other than money, are comparatively recent. Loan is standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones:The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.
loan2  (lōn),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termsa country lane; secondary road.
  2. Scottish Termsan uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows.
Also, loan•ing  (lō′ning).USA pronunciation 
  • Middle English, Old English lone lane 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
loan /ləʊn/ n
  1. the act of lending: the loan of a car
  2. property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
  3. the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language
  4. on loan ⇒
    • lent out; borrowed
    • (esp of personnel) transferred from a regular post to a temporary one elsewhere
 vb
  1. to lend (something, esp money)
Etymology: 13th Century loon, lan, from Old Norse lān; related to Old English lǣn loan; compare German Lehen fief, Lohn wagesˈloanable adj ˈloaner n
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