loan

noun

(law, banking, finance) 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).

(law, banking, finance) An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

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

The permission to borrow any item.

(Scotland, Northern England) An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.

verb

(usually ditransitive, US, dated and occasionally proscribed in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).

Synonyms for loan

creditn

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