loan
🇺🇸
/ləʊn/
🇬🇧
/ləʊn/
noun
B2
Money that you borrow and must pay back later
The bank gave me a loan to buy a new car.
B2
When you let someone use something temporarily
She asked for the loan of my laptop for her presentation.
verb
R
To let someone borrow money
The credit union will loan you money at a low interest rate.
R
To let a museum or gallery use something valuable temporarily
The museum received a loan of ancient artifacts from a private collector.
translation
Money that you borrow and must pay back later; When you let someone use something temporarily
To let someone borrow money; To let a museum or gallery use something valuable temporarily
Word Forms
Plural
loans
Perfect
loaned
Progressive
loaning
Past
loaned
3rd Present
loans