n. [ OE. lone, lane, AS. lān, læn, fr. leín to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lān, G. leihen to lend, OHG. līhan, Icel. ljī, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric. √119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic. ] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Loaned p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning. ] To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lawn. ] A loanin. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a word that is composed of parts from different languages; e.g. monolingual has a Greek prefix and a Latin root.
Syn. -- hybrid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
Syn. -- lender. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Something borrowed or lent. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ From Scotch loan, E. lawn. ] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans. [ 1913 Webster ]

The millions of the loanmonger. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. blitz is a German word borrowed into modern English.
Syn. -- loan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]