[loh-ner] 
| 1. | a person or thing that loans. |
| 2. | something, as an automobile or appliance, that is lent esp. to replace an item being serviced or repaired. |
| loan (lōn) n.
To lend. [Middle English lan, lon, from Old Norse lān; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.] loan'er n. Usage Note: The verb loan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect. The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originated from a provincial deference to British critics, who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism. Loan is, however, used to describe only physical transactions, as of money or goods; for figurative transactions, lend is correct: Distance lends enchantment. The allusions lend the work a classical tone. |
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