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   loan

   /ləʊn/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest: "borrowers can take out a loan for £84,000"
   • ▪ an act of lending something to someone: "she offered to buy him dinner in return for the loan of the flat"
   • ▪ short for loanword

   verb

   • 1. lend (a sum of money or item of property): "the computer was loaned to us by the theatre" Similar lendadvancegive creditcreditallowgive on loangive someone the loan oflet someone have the use oflet outleasecharterhireinformal:subborrowask for the loan ofreceive/take on loanuse temporarilyOpposite borrow

   Word Origin Middle English (also denoting a gift from a superior): from Old Norse lán, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leen, German Lehn, also to lend.

   Derivatives

   • 1. loanable adjective
   • 2. loanee noun
   • 3. loaner noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

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