loan
noun
uk
/ləʊn/ us
/loʊn/Meaning of loan in English
(Definition of loan from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
loan | American Dictionary
loan | Business English
a loan to sb/sth The bank's portfolio of loans to commercial and industrial firms shrank from $15.7 billion the previous year to $12.7 billion.
get/take out/apply for a loan Before you take out a loan sit down and list all the money you have coming in.
pay off/pay back/repay a loan New restrictions require lenders to check a person's income and ability to repay the loan.
provide/give/make a loan World banks injected as much as $64 billion into global money markets to encourage banks to make loans again.
a low-interest/fixed-rate/interest-only loan
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Examples of loan
loan
A huge part of national revenue was always spent paying interest on previous loans.
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The move away from project loans and towards structural adjustment loans in the 1980s does not diminish the main thrust of this argument.
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Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance, this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues.
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Patrons attach clients to themselves by extending loans to the latter in times of crisis.
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As is to be expected such loans are liquid and generate income.
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Most loans for financing international trade and investment, etc., are made by individual banks to their customers without the assistance of other banks.
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In most cases this involves the provision of bank loans.
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Even the bank manager takes participation in the project into account when considering loans to co-operatives.
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Routines are also in operation for other grammatical categories, such as gender, and frequently one gender class becomes the unmarked option for loans.
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Adapted loans will also fit into the phonotactic patterns and follow the phonological processes of the recipient language.
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However, the semi-speakers use predominantly suffixation, which is now the only productive strategy with loans or new analogical forms.
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Could a policy of demand management, involving deficit spending out of loans, have achieved full employment in the 1930s?
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In conclusion, there seems to be more agreement on length in trisyllabic loans, which most assumed to have been short, although for different reasons.
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Since 1995, some areas have changed the grants to loans in order to encourage more efficient use of the funds.
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A zero nominal interest rate on discount window loans is optimal in this setting for two reasons.
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Collocations with loan
loan
These are words often used in combination with loan.
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auto loan
The same scheme refers to an auto loan.
car loan
After repaying the car loan, the dad may not have much money to pay towards the children's upkeep, but the family has pooled its resources.
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construction loan
Finance was in essence a two-stage process, captured in modern parlance by the terms: 'short-term construction loan', and then 'permanent financing' as with a long-term mortgage.
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Translations of loan
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कर्ज, तात्पुरते - काहीतरी उधारीने घेण्याची किंवा देण्याची कृती…
借金, ローン, （人）に（物）を貸す…
borç para, ödünç para, kredi…
prêt [masculine], prêter, prêt…
préstec, deixar…
lening, het lenen, lenen…
கடன் வாங்கிய ஒரு தொகை, பெரும்பாலும் ஒரு வங்கியில் இருந்து, திருப்பிச் செலுத்தப்பட வேண்டும்…
ऋृण, उधार, किसी चीज़ को उधार पर लेना-देना…
ધિરાણ, ઉધાર, ઉછીનું…
lån, låne…
lån, utlåning, utlånande…
pinjaman, meminjamkan, pinjamkan…
die Anleihe, das Darlehen, das Leihen…
lån [neuter], låne, låne bort…
قرض (بالخصوص بینک سے لیا جانے والا قرض), قرض, ادھار…
позика, кредит, позичання…
заем, ссуда, давать взаймы…
రుణం/ అప్పుగా తీసుకున్న డబ్బు మొత్తం, తరచుగా బ్యాంకు నుండి, సాధారణంగా మీరు ఋణం తీసుకున్నందుకు చార్జీగా చెల్లించవలసిన అదనపు మొత్తంతో కలిపి తిరిగి చెల్లించవలసి ఉంటుంది.…
قَرْض, يُقْرِض…
সুদসমেত ঋণ, ধায়, ঋণ…
půjčka, půjčení, půjčit…
pinjaman, meminjamkan…
การให้ยืม, การให้กู้, ให้ยืม…
tiền cho vay, sự vay, cho vay…
kredyt, pożyczka, pożyczać…
대출, 빌려주다…
prestito, prestare, dare in prestito…
