loan

CEFRB1

/ləʊn/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Money or something given temporarily and expected to be returned.

  2. 02

    verb

    To give someone money or something for a limited time.

Examples

  • The bank accommodated him with a loan of 10,000 yen.

  • The bank approved a small business loan to help them start.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /loʊn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

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

  3. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

More examples

In context

  • You can get a loan from a bank.

  • All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.

  • Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend.