loan

loan
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noun
ADJECTIVE
large, massive
small
long-term, short-term
high-interest, interest-free, low-interest, no-interest (AmE)
adjustable-rate (AmE), fixed-rate, variable-rate
guaranteed (AmE), secured, unsecured

As it was an unsecured loan, their property was not at risk.

home-equity (= in which your house is given as security for the money borrowed) (AmE)

Fixed-rate home-equity loans can help cover the cost of a single large purchase.

outstanding

They used the inheritance to pay off their outstanding loan.

bad, non-performing

a banking system riddled with bad loans

business, consumer, personal
bank
bridge (AmE), bridging (BrE), temporary
home, mortgage
auto (AmE), car
student
VERB + LOAN
apply for, ask for, request
arrange, get, obtain, raise (esp. BrE), take out

She had to take out a loan until she could sell her house.

give sb, grant sb, make sb, offer, provide

My bank offered to make me a loan.

receive
pay back, pay off, repay
guarantee, secure, underwrite

The banks will not agree to emergency funding unless the government will underwrite the loan.

consolidate

If you have several student loans, you can consolidate them into one lump sum.

LOAN + VERB
total sth

loans totalling/totaling a million euros

LOAN + NOUN
application
agreement, arrangement (BrE), deal (BrE, sports)

the terms of the loan agreement with the bank

The striker comes to the Premiership on an 18-month loan deal from Roma.

interest, rate
guarantee
payment, repayment

They were struggling to meet their monthly loan repayments.

facility (esp. BrE)

The bank provides personal loan facilities at competitive rates.

period (esp. BrE)

The book must be returned by the end of the loan period.

officer (AmE)

a loan officer at a local mortgage company

shark

He ran up massive debts borrowing from loan sharks.

PREPOSITION
on loan (from)

The paintings are on loan from the Wallace Collection.

loan from

a loan from my brother

PHRASES
security for a loan

He had to use his house as security for the loan.

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verb
Loan is used with these nouns as the object: ↑money

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • LOAN — (Heb. הַלְוָאָה, halva ah), a transaction in which a thing, usually money, is given by one person, called the malveh ( lender ), to another, called the loveh ( borrower ), for the latter s use and enjoyment, and in order that such thing or its… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • loan — n 1 a: money lent at interest b: something lent usu. for the borrower s temporary use 2: a transfer or delivery of money from one party to another with the express or implied agreement that the sum will be repaid regardless of contingency and usu …   Law dictionary

  • loan — verb. In 19c British English, loan was a standard alternative for lend, but by the time Fowler wrote (1926) loan had been largely driven out by lend, although it has continued in use in AmE. In current use loan is mostly confined to non British… …   Modern English usage

  • Loan — Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le[ o]n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[=i]han, Icel. lj[=i], Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei pein, Skr. ric. [root]119. Cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loan — (n.) mid 13c., from O.N. lan, related to lja to lend, from P.Gmc. *laikhwniz (Cf. O.Fris. len thing lent, M.Du. lene, Du. leen loan, fief, O.H.G. lehan, Ger. Lehn fief, feudal tenure ), originally to let have, to leave (to someone), from PIE *lei …   Etymology dictionary

  • LOAN — oder Loan bezeichnet: LOAN, ICAO Code des Flugplatz Wiener Neustadt/Ost Benjamin F. Loan (1819–1881), US amerikanischer Politiker Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • loan — loan·able; loan; loan·er; loan·ing; …   English syllables

  • loan — ► NOUN 1) a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. 2) the action of lending. ► VERB ▪ give as a loan. ● on loan Cf. ↑on loan DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

  • loan — [lōn] n. [ME lone < ON lān (akin to OE læn, lending, loan, lænan, to lend) < IE base * leikw , to leave behind > L linquere, Gr leipen, Sans riṅákti, (he) leaves] 1. the act of lending, esp. to use for a short time [the loan of a pen] 2 …   English World dictionary

  • Loan — Loan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaning}.] To lend; sometimes with out. Kent. [1913 Webster] By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Loan — (l[=o]n), n. [See {Lawn}.] A loanin. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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