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loan
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loan \Loan\ (l[=o]n), n. [See Lawn.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loan \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['i]n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[imac]han, Icel. lj[imac], Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric. [root]119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services. [1913 Webster] 2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. [1913 Webster] Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loan \Loan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent. [1913 Webster] By way of location or loaning them out. --J. Langley (1644). [1913 Webster]

