loan
verb/ləʊn/
/ləʊn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they loan | /ləʊn/ /ləʊn/ |
| he / she / it loans | /ləʊnz/ /ləʊnz/ |
| past simple loaned | /ləʊnd/ /ləʊnd/ |
| past participle loaned | /ləʊnd/ /ləʊnd/ |
| -ing form loaning | /ˈləʊnɪŋ/ /ˈləʊnɪŋ/ |
- (especially North American English) to lend something to somebody, especially money
- loan something (to somebody) The bank is happy to loan money to small businesses.
- loan somebody something A friend loaned me $1 000.
- (especially British English) to lend a valuable object to a museum, etc.
- loan something This exhibit was kindly loaned by the artist's family.
- loan something (out) to somebody/something The painting has been loaned to the Walker Art Gallery.
- loan somebody something He loaned the museum his entire collection.
Word OriginMiddle English (also denoting a gift from a superior): from Old Norse lán, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leen, German Lehn, also to lend.
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