loaned

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loan¹ /loʊn/   n. 

[countable]
1. the act of lending:
   the loan of a book.
2. something lent, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:
   a loan of $25,000.

v. 

3. to make a loan of;
   lend: [~ + object + object]
   Loan me your umbrella.
   [~ + object + to + object]
   Loan your umbrella to him.
   [~ + object]
   The bank loans money.

Idioms

4. Idioms on loan, loaned for temporary use:
   The books are on loan.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

loan¹  (lōn), n. 

1. the act of lending;
   a grant of the temporary use of something:
   the loan of a book.
2. something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest:
   a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.
3. Linguistics loanword.
4. Idioms on loan:
   • borrowed for temporary use:
     How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time?
   • temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another:
     Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.

v.t. 

5. to make a loan of;
   lend:
   Will you loan me your umbrella?
6. to lend (money) at interest.

v.i. 

7. to make a loan or loans;
   lend.

• Old Norse lān; replacing its cognate, Old English lǣn loan, grant, cognate with Dutch leen loan, German Leh(e)n fief; compare lend
• Middle English lon(e), lan(e) (noun, nominal), Old English lān 1150–1200

Usage

Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan¹ as a verb meaning "to lend'' has been used in English for nearly 800 years:
Nearby villages loaned clothing and other supplies to the flood-ravaged town.
The occasional objections to loan as a verb referring to things other than money, are comparatively recent. Loan is standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones:
The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.

loan²  (lōn), n. [Scot.]

1. Scottish Terms a country lane; secondary road.
2. Scottish Terms an uncultivated plot of farmland, usually used for milking cows.

Also, loan•ing  (lō′ning). 

• Middle English, Old English lone lane 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

loan / ləʊn/ noun

1. the act of lending: the loan of a car
2. property lent, esp money lent at interest for a period of time
3. the adoption by speakers of one language of a form current in another language
4. short for loan word
5. on loan ⇒ lent out; borrowed
6. (esp of personnel) transferred from a regular post to a temporary one elsewhere

verb

1. to lend (something, esp money)

Etymology: 13th Century loon, lan, from Old Norse lān; related to Old English lǣn loan; compare German Lehen fief, Lohn wages

ˈloanable adjective

ˈloaner noun