loannoun
uk/ləʊn/us/loʊn/loan noun (SUM)
B1 [ C ] an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing:
She's trying to get a $50,000 loan to start her own business.
We could apply for/take out a loan to buy a car.
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- I had to take out a bank loan to start my own business.
- How much interest are you paying on the loan?
- The loan must be repaid within a specified period.
- Nowadays many students have to take out loans to top up their grants.
- Her parents helped (her) out with a £500 loan.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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loan noun (BORROW)
C1 [ C or U ] an act of borrowing or lending something:
Thank you very much for the loan of your bike.
This exhibit is on loan (= being borrowed/lent) from/to another museum.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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on loan
If a football player is on loan, they are playing for a different club for a limited period of time:
He spent a month on loan at Newcastle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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loanverb [ T ]
uk/ləʊn/us/loʊn/to lend:
This library loans books and CDs.
[ + two objects ] I'd loan you the money if I could./I'd loan the money to you if I could.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leverage
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- overpay
- pay
- put sth up
- slate
- term
- tick
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