LOAN | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of loan in English loannoun uk /ləʊn/ us /loʊn/

loan noun (SUM)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ C ] an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing: She's trying to get a $50,000 loan to start her own business. We could apply for/take out a loan to buy a car.

• I had to take out a bank loan to start my own business.
• How much interest are you paying on the loan?
• The loan must be repaid within a specified period.
• Nowadays many students have to take out loans to top up their grants.
• Her parents helped (her) out with a £500 loan.

Borrowing & lending

• amortizable
• amortization
• amortize
• bond measure
• bond referendum
• bonded
• debt
• get behind phrasal verb
• hole
• lending rate
• microcredit
• microloan
• non-current
• non-interest
• non-prime
• outstanding
• syndicate
• unsecured
• use something as collateral
• write something off phrasal verb

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loan noun (BORROW)

C1 [ C or U ] an act of borrowing or lending something: Thank you very much for the loan of your bike. This exhibit is on loan (= being borrowed/lent) from/to another museum. Borrowing & lending

• amortizable
• amortization
• amortize
• bond measure
• bond referendum
• bonded
• debt
• get behind phrasal verb
• hole
• lending rate
• microcredit
• microloan
• non-current
• non-interest
• non-prime
• outstanding
• syndicate
• unsecured
• use something as collateral
• write something off phrasal verb

See more results »  on loan If a football player is on loan, they are playing for a different club for a limited period of time: He spent a month on loan at Newcastle. See more loanverb [ T ] uk /ləʊn/ us /loʊn/ to lend: This library loans books and CDs. [ + two objects ] I'd loan you the money if I could./I'd loan the money to you if I could. Borrowing & lending

• amortizable
• amortization
• amortize
• bond measure
• bond referendum
• bonded
• debt
• get behind phrasal verb
• hole
• lending rate
• microcredit
• microloan
• non-current
• non-interest
• non-prime
• outstanding
• syndicate
• unsecured
• use something as collateral
• write something off phrasal verb

See more results » (Definition of loan from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

loan | American Dictionary

loannoun [ C/U ] us /loʊn/ Add to word list Add to word list an act of lending something, esp. a sum of money that that has to be paid back with interest (= an additional amount of money that is a percentage of the amount borrowed), or an amount of money that has been lent: [ U ] Thanks for the loan of your bike. [ C ] My brother repaid his student loan within five years. The painting is on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (= has been lent to it, esp. for more than a short period of time). loanverb [ T ] us /loʊn/ to lend something, esp. money: Can you loan me $10 until payday? (Definition of loan from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

loan | Business English

loannoun [ C ]   FINANCE uk /ləʊn/ us Add to word list Add to word list money that someone borrows from a bank or other financial organization for a period of time during which they pay interest: a loan to sb/sth The bank's portfolio of loans to commercial and industrial firms shrank from $15.7 billion the previous year to $12.7 billion.get/take out/apply for a loan Before you take out a loan sit down and list all the money you have coming in.pay off/pay back/repay a loan New restrictions require lenders to check a person's income and ability to repay the loan.provide/give/make a loan World banks injected as much as $64 billion into global money markets to encourage banks to make loans again. approve/refuse a loan a low-interest/fixed-rate/interest-only loan Banks and particularly building societies expect the amount of loans in arrears to increase. See also amortizing loan back-to-back loan bad loan balloon loan bank loan bridge loan bullet loan call loan commercial loan consumer loan convertible loan stock corporate loan credit-card loan debt consolidation discount loan foreign loan home equity loan home loan interest-free adjective irrecoverable loan long-term loan medium-term loan non-performing non-recourse overnight loan parallel loan payday loan performing loan personal loan property loan rollover secured loan short-term loan soft loan syndicated term loan underlying loans unsecured loan loanverb [ T ] uk /ləʊn/ us to lend someone something: loan sb sth/loan sth to sb The finance report showed that a wealthy donor had loaned his campaign $1.15 million. Lenders who loaned money for more than houses were worth have become victims of the economic downturn. Compare lend (Definition of loan from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of loan

loan A huge part of national revenue was always spent paying interest on previous loans. From the Cambridge English Corpus The move away from project loans and towards structural adjustment loans in the 1980s does not diminish the main thrust of this argument. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance, this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues. From the Cambridge English Corpus Patrons attach clients to themselves by extending loans to the latter in times of crisis. From the Cambridge English Corpus As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income. From the Cambridge English Corpus Most loans for financing international trade and investment, etc., are made by individual banks to their customers without the assistance of other banks. From the Cambridge English Corpus In most cases this involves the provision of bank loans. From the Cambridge English Corpus Even the bank manager takes participation in the project into account when considering loans to co-operatives. From the Cambridge English Corpus Routines are also in operation for other grammatical categories, such as gender, and frequently one gender class becomes the unmarked option for loans. From the Cambridge English Corpus Adapted loans will also fit into the phonotactic patterns and follow the phonological processes of the recipient language. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, the semi-speakers use predominantly suffixation, which is now the only productive strategy with loans or new analogical forms. From the Cambridge English Corpus Could a policy of demand management, involving deficit spending out of loans, have achieved full employment in the 1930s? From the Cambridge English Corpus In conclusion, there seems to be more agreement on length in trisyllabic loans, which most assumed to have been short, although for different reasons. From the Cambridge English Corpus Since 1995, some areas have changed the grants to loans in order to encourage more efficient use of the funds. From the Cambridge English Corpus A zero nominal interest rate on discount window loans is optimal in this setting for two reasons. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of loan These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with loan

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auto loanThe same scheme refers to an auto loan. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   car loanAfter repaying the car loan, the dad may not have much money to pay towards the children's upkeep, but the family has pooled its resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   construction loanFinance was in essence a two-stage process, captured in modern parlance by the terms: 'short-term construction loan', and then 'permanent financing' as with a long-term mortgage. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with loan What is the pronunciation of loan?

Translations of loan

in Chinese (Traditional) 數目, 貸款，借款, 借… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 数目, 贷款，借款, 借… See more in Spanish préstamo, prestar, dejar… See more in Portuguese empréstimo, emprestar, empréstimo [masculine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कर्ज, तात्पुरते - काहीतरी उधारीने घेण्याची किंवा देण्याची कृती… See more 借金, ローン, （人）に（物）を貸す… See more borç para, ödünç para, kredi… See more prêt [masculine], prêter, prêt… See more préstec, deixar… See more lening, het lenen, lenen… See more கடன் வாங்கிய ஒரு தொகை, பெரும்பாலும் ஒரு வங்கியில் இருந்து, திருப்பிச் செலுத்தப்பட வேண்டும்… See more ऋृण, उधार, किसी चीज़ को उधार पर लेना-देना… See more ધિરાણ, ઉધાર, ઉછીનું… See more lån, låne… See more lån, utlåning, utlånande… See more pinjaman, meminjamkan, pinjamkan… See more die Anleihe, das Darlehen, das Leihen… See more lån [neuter], låne, låne bort… See more قرض (بالخصوص بینک سے لیا جانے والا قرض), قرض, ادھار… See more позика, кредит, позичання… See more заем, ссуда, давать взаймы… See more రుణం/ అప్పుగా తీసుకున్న డబ్బు మొత్తం, తరచుగా బ్యాంకు నుండి, సాధారణంగా మీరు ఋణం తీసుకున్నందుకు చార్జీగా చెల్లించవలసిన అదనపు మొత్తంతో కలిపి తిరిగి చెల్లించవలసి ఉంటుంది.… See more قَرْض, يُقْرِض… See more সুদসমেত ঋণ, ধায়, ঋণ… See more půjčka, půjčení, půjčit… See more pinjaman, meminjamkan… See more การให้ยืม, การให้กู้, ให้ยืม… See more tiền cho vay, sự vay, cho vay… See more kredyt, pożyczka, pożyczać… See more 대출, 빌려주다… See more prestito, prestare, dare in prestito… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of loan

• loan shark
• bad loan
• bank loan
• call loan
• hard loan
• home loan
• loan club

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• on loan phrase
• forgive a loan/debt phrase
• float someone a loan idiom

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