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English noun: loan | |||
| 1. | loan (possession) the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | debt | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bank loan, call loan, consumer loan, demand loan, direct loan, equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan, installment credit, installment loan, loan participation, mortgage loan, participation financing, participation loan, personal loan, point, real estate loan, time loan | ||
| Part holonym | principal | ||
| 2. | loan (communication) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | ||
| Synonyms | loanword | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | word | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Gallicism, Latinism | ||
English verb: loan | |||
| 1. | loan (possession) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | ||
| Samples | I will lend you my car. Loan me some money. | ||
| Examples | They loan cars to the tourists, They loan the tourists their cars | ||
| Synonyms | lend | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, farm out, hire out, rent out, trust | ||
| Antonyms | borrow | ||
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