loan
Meanings
noun
- An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
- 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).
- The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
- The permission to borrow any item.
verb
- To lend (something) to (someone).
noun
- An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.
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Etymology
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.
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