Loan

See also loán, and loạn

English

Etymology

Middle English from Old Norse lán, akin to Old English læn

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: lone

Noun

Singular Loan

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1. Template:Banking A sum of money or other valuables or consideration which an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).

   He got a five grand loan.

2. The contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

   He made a payment on his loan.

3. The permission to borrow any item.

   Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

Translations

borrowed sum of money or other valuables

Arabic: قرض ar(ar) (qarD) m., إعارة ar(ar) ('i`āra) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 貸款 cmn(cmn), 贷款 cmn(cmn) (dàikuǎn), 借款 cmn(cmn) (jièkuǎn) Czech: půjčka cs(cs) f. Dutch: lening nl(nl) f. Finnish: laina fi(fi) French: prêt fr(fr) m. German: Anleihe de(de) f., Darlehen de(de) n. Greek: δάνειο el(el) (δánio) n. Hungarian: kölcsön hu(hu) Italian: prestito it(it) m. Japanese: 貸付け ja(ja) (かしつけ, kashitsuke), ローン ja(ja) (rōn) Korean: 대부 (daebu)

Latin: mūtuum la(la) n. Luhya: kumukopo Meru: irandu Norwegian: lån no(no) Polish: pożyczka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: empréstimo pt(pt) m. Russian: заём ru(ru) (zajóm) m., ссуда ru(ru) (ssúda) f., кредит ru(ru) (kredít) f. Scottish Gaelic: iasad gd(gd) m. Slovak: pôžička sk(sk) f. Spanish: préstamo es(es) m. Swahili: mkopo sw(sw) Swedish: lån sv(sv) n.

contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan

German: Darlehensvertrag m. Greek: δάνειο el(el) (δánio) n. Russian: заём ru(ru) (zajóm) m.

Scottish Gaelic: iasad gd(gd) m. Spanish: préstamo es(es) m. Swahili: mikopo sw(sw)

permission to borrow any item

Greek: δανεισμός el(el) (δanismós) m. Scottish Gaelic: iasad gd(gd) m.

Swahili: mikopo sw(sw)

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French: emprunt m. Italian: prestito m. Malayalam: കടം (katam) (1) Portuguese: empréstimo m.

Romanian: împrumut n. Serbian: pozajmica f., zajam m., kredit m. Spanish: préstamo m. Tamil: கடன் (kaDan) Telugu: ఋణము (ruNamu), అప్పు (appu), ఉద్దెర (uddera), అరువు (aruvu) Vietnamese: tiền cho mượn

Verb

Infinitive to Loan

Third person singular loans

Simple past loaned

Past participle -

Present participle loaning

to Loan (third-person singular simple present loans, present participle loaning, simple past and past participle loaned)

1. (US) To lend. This usage is confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof) and elsewhere is ungrammatical (loan being the noun, and lend the verb).

   2006: When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it. — Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)

Translations

to lend

Croatian: posuditi hr(hr) Dutch: lenen nl(nl), uitlenen nl(nl) French: prêter fr(fr) German: leihen, ausleihen Greek: δανείζω el(el) (δanízo) Hungarian: kölcsönad hu(hu) Italian: prestare it(it) Polish: pożyczać pl(pl)

Romanian: a împrumuta Russian: ссужать ru(ru) (ssužát’), давать взаймы ru(ru) (davát’ vzajmý) Serbian: pozajmiti Slovak: pôžičať Spanish: prestar es(es) Swahili: mikopo sw(sw) Vietnamese: cho mượn

Derived terms

• loan shark
• low-doc loan

Anagrams

• alno,
• NOLA

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Finnish

Noun

loan

1. Genitive singular form of loka.

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Spanish

Verb

Loan (infinitive loar)

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of loar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of loar.

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