LOANINGS

Noun

loanings

plural of loaning

Source: Wiktionary


LOANING

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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