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Pronunciation : Loan
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Lawn.]
Definition : Defn: A loanin. [Scot.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Loan
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. lone, lane, AS. lan, l?n, fr. le?n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lan, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lihan, Icel. lji, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ric. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.]
Definition : 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Loan
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913