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Noun: loan  lown
  1. The temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
     
  2. A word borrowed from another language; e.g. 'blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
    - loanword
Verb: loan  lown
  1. Give temporarily; let have for a limited time
    "loan me some money"
    - lend

Sounds like: lone

Derived forms: loaned, loans, loaning

Type of: debt, give, word

Encyclopedia: Loan