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Loan
01
a sum of money that is borrowed from a bank which should be returned with a certain rate of interest
Examples
She took out a loan to buy her first home, which she plans to repay over 30 years.
02
a word or expression adopted from another language and incorporated into the borrowing language
Examples
" Kindergarten " is a loan from German.
to loan
01
to give someone something, such as an amount of money, with the understanding that it will be returned
Ditransitive: to loan sb sth
Examples
The bank agreed to loan her the funds for purchasing a new car.
