Usage note:
Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism,loan1as 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 toloanas a verb referring to things other than money, are comparatively recent.
Loanis standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones:The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.
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Ghoti Fingers, Sat 25 Oct 2014, 17:56,
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