word | loan |
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definition | noun A loan is a sum of money that you borrow . The country has no access to foreign loans or financial aid. The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans. ...loan repayments. If someone gives you a loan of something, you borrow it from them. I am in need of a loan of a bike for a few weeks. He had offered the loan of his small villa at Cap Ferrat. verb If you loan something to someone, you lend it to them. He had kindly offered to loan us all the plants required for the exhibit. We were approached by the Royal Yachting Association to see if we would loan our boat to them. It is common practice for clubs to loan out players to sides in the lower divisions. The ground was loaned out for numerous events including pop concerts. |
inflections | loansloaningloaned |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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