LOANING

lending, loaning

(noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

loaning

present participle of loan

Noun

loaning (uncountable)

The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to loan.

Etymology 2

Noun

loaning (plural loanings)

(obsolete, Scottish and Northern English) A lane

Anagrams

• loganin

Source: Wiktionary

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Loan"in, Loan"ing, n. Etym: [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.]

Definition: An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

LOAN

Loan, n. Etym: [See Lawn.]

Definition: A loanin. [Scot.]

Loan, n. Etym: [OE. lone, lane, AS. lan, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. lan, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lihan, Icel. lji, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ric. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.]

1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop.

Loan, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.]

Definition: To lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. J. Langley (1644).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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