D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Loan

/(lōn)/ · IPA /loʊn/
01 n. A loanin.
  1. 1.
    A loanin.[Scot.]
02 n. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
  1. 1.
    The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
  2. 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. 1.
    To lend; -- sometimes with out.
    “By way of location or loaning them out.” — J. Langley (1644).