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loan

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verb

as in to lend
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned can you loan me your lawn mower this weekend?

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Recent Examples of loan
Noun
Notably, JPMorgan has added nearly half a billion dollars to its financial cushion, preparing for losses from customers who won’t be able to pay credit card debts and loans. Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2025 Declines in national interest rates typically weigh on local lenders’ net interest income revenues from loans. Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Macron may be a quintessential Europeanist, but Marine Le Pen, who could very well win the 2027 presidential election, is an arch nationalist who doesn't care a lick about the European political community and is dead set against loaning France's nuclear weapons to other countries. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 In the end, Madrid ended up loaning Valverde out too — just as Arsenal had planned to. James McNicholas, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Noun
  • At issue are timing advance records, detailed location data from a phone that is only preserved for seven days.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The senators asked the Office of Government Ethics to probe whether any White House or executive branch officials, to include special government employees, were informed of the announcement in advance and what financial transactions were made by officials with knowledge of nonpublic information.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Newton has also been seen wearing the Baddies star’s custom diamond necklace in the past, lending further credence to the public’s speculation that the two are an item.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There is, however, a coincidence that unites both films: Matt, the storm chaser featured in Miller’s documentary, lent his iconic storm chasing vehicle to Chung’s production.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Funny thing how the businesses offering the bribes usually got off in those days.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The longest-running plotline of The White Lotus finally reached its conclusion in the season 3 finale, with Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) deciding to take the bribe from Greg (Jon Gries).
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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