Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Loan /(lōn)/ · IPA /loʊn/ n. n. v. t. 01 n. A loanin. 1. A loanin.[Scot.] 02 n. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services. 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, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. Phrases & compounds Loan office — An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. 03 v. t. To lend; -- sometimes with out. imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning 1. To lend; -- sometimes with out. “By way of location or loaning them out.” — J. Langley (1644).