loan
part of speech
noun (a loan, loans); verb (loan, loans, loaned, loaning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest. tree →
2) A loan is something lent to someone for a while: «The book is on loan.» tree →
3) To loan means to lend. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and money lessons, people take a loan from a bank to buy a house (a mortgage) or a car, then pay it back bit by bit with interest. Libraries loan books. In maths problems, loans include amounts, interest and repayments: borrow $100 at 10% interest and pay back $110. Phrases: «take out a loan», «pay back a loan», «on loan», «bank loan», «student loan».
examples
- They took out a loan to buy a car. tree →
- The painting is on loan to the museum. tree →
- You must pay back a loan. tree →
- The library loaned us twenty books for the project. tree →
- If you borrow £100 and pay 5% interest, you pay back £105. tree →
- He asked his sister for a small loan. tree →
- The player is on loan to another club. tree →
- Never agree to a loan from a stranger online. tree →
note
Countable: loans. Homophone: «loan» (something lent) and «lone» (alone). In British English «lend» is more usual as the verb («lend me a pen»); «loan» as a verb is common in American English. Lend = give for a while; borrow = take for a while.
In the corpora
- Some families rent their home from a landlord; others are buying it with a huge loan from a bank called a mortgage.
- Most adults have some, like a mortgage or a car loan, and planned debt can be fine.
- A mortgage is a very big bank loan to buy a house, paid back monthly for 25 years or more with interest.
- A loan is money you borrow and must pay back, often with extra called interest.
- When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Trees and pragmatics
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