loan has definitions from the fields of linguistics,business
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[ noun ] (business) the provision of money temporarily (usually at interest)

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

The bill would increase from $ 5000000 to $ 15000000 the maximum loan the state could make to a local water_project .

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

SBA makes loans to individual small business_firms , providing them with financing when it is not otherwise available through private lending sources on reasonable terms .

Many such loans have been made to establish small concerns or to aid in their growth , thereby contributing substantially to community development programs .

SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital .

SBA business loans are of two types : `` participation '' and `` direct '' .

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[ verb ] give temporarily; let have for a limited time

Synonyms

lend

Examples

"I will lend you my car" "loan me some money"

Used in print

(Medicine in National Defense. Final Report of the...)

Sixteen lantern_slide sets were loaned to the Government of India and eight sets were forwarded to the U._S._Embassy , Managua , Nicaragua for the Educational_Exchange Program .

Eighty-five specimens were loaned for study purposes .

Related terms

borrow give hire_out advance

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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 2483
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21433
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Synonyms

loanword

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