see|loán|loạn
English

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

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-loan.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones: lone

Noun
en-noun

1. 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 (this latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest). Occasionally collateral is required to assure that the borrower repays his or her debt or returns the consideration thus loaned. Most loans require some sort of positive (or at least a lack of negative) credit to be established by the borrower first.

#: He got a five grand loan.

1. The contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. He made a payment on his loan.
2. The permission to borrow any item.

#:Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

Translations
rfc-trans
Czech: půj�ka f (1)
Dutch: lening f
French: emprunt m, prêt m
Greek: δάνειο n
Italian prestito m
Malayalam: ��� (katam) (1)
Portuguese: empréstimo m
Romanian: împrumut n
Serbian: pozajmica f, zajam m, kredit m
Spanish: préstamo m
Tamil: ��ன� (kaDan)
Telugu: �ణమ� (ruNamu), �ప�ప� (appu), �ద�ద�ర (uddera), �ర�వ� (aruvu)
Vietnamese: ti�n cho mượn

Verb
en-verb|loans|loaning|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. — w:Judge Judy|Judge Judy (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)

Translations
Croatian: posuditi
Dutch: lenen, uitlenen
French: prêter
German: Kredit
Greek: δανείζ�
Romanian: a împrumuta
Russian: за�м
Serbian: pozajmiti
Slovak: pôži�ať
Spanish: prestar
Vietnamese: cho mượn

Derived terms
loan shark
low-doc loan

Category:Finance

Finnish

Noun
loan

1. fi-form of|loka|typenoun|casegenitive|pl=singular

fa:loan
fr:loan
io:loan
it:loan
pt:loan
ru:loan
simple:loan
fi:loan
ta:loan
te:loan
vi:loan
tr:loan
zh:loan

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