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nounan office for making loans or receiving payments on loans. a public office for receiving subscriptions to a government loan. a pawnbroker's shop. Origin of loan officeFirst recorded in 1710–20 Words nearby loan officeloan collection, Loan Council, Loanda, loanee , loaner, loan office, loan shark, loansharking, loanshift, loan-to-value, loan translation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for loan officeShe brought me word they had no such sum to spare; I said they might mortgage their house in the loan-office. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin I have had loan-office bills, drawn on the commissioners of the United States, presented to me. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson The second term means monies put into the loan-office of the United States. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson They hoped, by putting their money in the loan-office, though in a depreciated state, to receive hard money for it by and by. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
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