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(ln), n.[See Lawn.] A loanin. [Scot.] Loan n.[OE. lone, lane, AS. ln, ln, fr. len to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. ln, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lhan, Icel. lj, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei°pein, Skr. ric. 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. 2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. 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. Loan n. t.[imp. & p. p.Loaned (); p. pr. & vb. n.Loaning.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644). スポンサード リンク
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