Meaning

5 senses
  1. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

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

  2. 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).

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

    He got a loan of five thousand pounds.

    Anleihe, Darlehen, Kredit

    заёмzajóm, ссу́даssúda, креди́тkredít

    по́зикаpózyka, креди́тkredýt

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

    He made a payment on his loan.

    Darlehensvertrag

    заёмzajóm

    по́зикаpózyka

  4. The permission to borrow any item.

    Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

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

    the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan

More definitions
  • the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
  • a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English

Examples

329 sentences
  1. Tom certainly doesn't need a loan.

    Тому однозначно не потрібна позика.

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  2. Do you still need a loan?

    Тобі все ще потрібна позика?

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  3. Tom wanted to pay off his loan.

    Том хотів виплатити заборгованність по кредиту.

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  4. I want Tom to loan me some money.

    Я хочу, щоб Том позичив мені гроші.

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  5. Tom asked for a loan from Mary.

    Том попросив Мері про позику.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
borrowed sum of money or other property:
Русский
By meaning 1
borrowed sum of money or other property:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
borrowed sum of money or other property:
contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan:

Origin

From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Prot

From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”).

From Scottish Gaelic lòn (“marshy meadow”) (compare lèana (“wet meadow, marsh, meadow”)).

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Forms

plural: loans
Singularloan
Pluralloans

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English:loanword

Word family

66 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • for a loan
  • need a loan
  • get a loan
  • a loan from

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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