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| NOUN | 1 | loan | The temporary provision of money (usually at interest) |
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| 2 | loan, loanword | A word borrowed from another language | |
| VERB | 1 | loan, lend | Give temporarily |
| Sounds | low'n |
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| Rhymes | acetone, allophone, alone, and 122 more rhymes in own at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
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| Parts | principal |
| Narrower | bank loan; home loan, home equity credit, home equity loan, equity credit line; installment credit, installment loan; call loan, demand loan; direct loan; participation loan, loan participation, participation financing; personal loan, consumer loan; real estate loan, mortgage loan; time loan |
| Broader | debt |
| Verbs | loan |
| Meaning | A word borrowed from another language. E.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English. |
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| Synonyms | loanword |
| Narrower | Gallicism |
| Broader | word |
| Meaning | Give temporarily. Let have for a limited time. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Model | They loan cars to the tourists; They loan the tourists their cars |
| Examples | "loan me some money" |
| Synonyms | lend |
| Narrower | hire out, rent out, farm out; advance |
| Broader | give |
| Contrary | borrow |
| Nouns | loan |