LOAN
Loan, n. Etym: [See Lawn.]
Defn: A loanin. [Scot.]
LOAN
Loan, n. Etym: [OE. lone, lane, AS. lan, læn, fr. león 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.]
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.
LOAN
Loan, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.]
Defn: To lend; — sometimes with out. Kent.
By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).
LOANABLE
Loan"a*ble, a.
Defn: Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; — used mostly in financial business and writings.
LOANIN; LOANING
Loan"in, Loan"ing, n. Etym: [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.]