Loan
noun
A thing or an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing.
She's trying to get a loan to buy a car.
Often appears as...
- personal loan
- car loan
verb
To lend, or give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back.
He loaned me his car for the day.
Often appears as...
- loan a book
- loan a pen
noun
A word borrowed from another language.
The word 'pasta' is a loan from Italian.
Often appears as...
- loan word
- loan translation
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A thing or an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing.
She's trying to get a loan to buy a car.
Often appears as...
- personal loan
- car loan
verb
To lend, or give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back.
He loaned me his car for the day.
Often appears as...
- loan a book
- loan a pen
noun
A word borrowed from another language.
The word 'pasta' is a loan from Italian.
Often appears as...
- loan word
- loan translation
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Financial Commitment
A loan indicates a serious financial commitment and potential risk.
Before signing, she considered the commitment of a home loan.
Pro Tip 2/2Secured vs. Unsecured
Loans can be secured with collateral or unsecured, which impacts the terms.
Her car loan is a secured loan, backed by the car itself.
Pro Tip 1/2Financial Commitment
A loan indicates a serious financial commitment and potential risk.
Before signing, she considered the commitment of a home loan.
Pro Tip 2/2Secured vs. Unsecured
Loans can be secured with collateral or unsecured, which impacts the terms.
Her car loan is a secured loan, backed by the car itself.
Pro Tip 1/2Financial Commitment
A loan indicates a serious financial commitment and potential risk.
Before signing, she considered the commitment of a home loan.
Pro Tip 2/2Secured vs. Unsecured
Loans can be secured with collateral or unsecured, which impacts the terms.
Her car loan is a secured loan, backed by the car itself.
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Jessica Jackley:...
which had kind of been my mode, right. There's poverty, you give money to help -- no one asked me for a donation. In fact, no one wanted me to feel bad for them at all. If anything, they just wanted to be able to do more of what they were doing already and to build on their own capabilities. So what I did hear, once in a while, was that people wanted a loan --
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Your elusive creative...
This is hard. This is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life. But maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you. But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you
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Why good ideas get...
initiatives like boosting spending on research and development, offering tax and loan incentives to startups that want to develop zero-carbon technologies and consumers who want to buy them, and putting a price on carbon emissions. We need governments to do what they did for solar and wind for many more innovations.
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First Look PIPE Killing...
making these people human and people that can relate to them more than anything else you have to kind of loan yourself to it your own experience to it I read through the script of course I noticed that they have this historical connection seem to open up everything for me the characters are so well
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A smart new business...
or for investing into growing her business. If Jenipher wants credit, her options are limited. She could get a microloan, but she'd have to form a group that could help vouch for her credibility. And even then, the loan sizes would be way too small to really have an impact on her business,
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What causes an economic...
The rate is typically an annual percentage of a loan that borrowers pay to their creditors until the loan is repaid. Low interest rates mean that companies can afford to borrow more money, which they can use to invest in more projects.
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Creating an alternative...
capacity to repay without a credit score right now she can potentially go to a moneylender she can bribe someone within the bank to get connected to a loan officer or she can try and round up a group of people who can help vouch for
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Leana Wen: What your...
Medscape's public forum and several online doctors' communities had thousands of posts about this topic. Here are a few. From a gastroenterologist in "I devoted 12 years of my life to being a slave. I have loans and mortgages.
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The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
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Adorable Lion Moments PIPE...
pride lionesses chasing off a loan hi then suddenly the pride male catches one of the hyenas off-guard and stamps his
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Jessica Jackley:...
which had kind of been my mode, right. There's poverty, you give money to help -- no one asked me for a donation. In fact, no one wanted me to feel bad for them at all. If anything, they just wanted to be able to do more of what they were doing already and to build on their own capabilities. So what I did hear, once in a while, was that people wanted a loan --
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
This is hard. This is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life. But maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you. But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you
Video examples
Why good ideas get...
initiatives like boosting spending on research and development, offering tax and loan incentives to startups that want to develop zero-carbon technologies and consumers who want to buy them, and putting a price on carbon emissions. We need governments to do what they did for solar and wind for many more innovations.
Video examples
First Look PIPE Killing...
making these people human and people that can relate to them more than anything else you have to kind of loan yourself to it your own experience to it I read through the script of course I noticed that they have this historical connection seem to open up everything for me the characters are so well
Video examples
A smart new business...
or for investing into growing her business. If Jenipher wants credit, her options are limited. She could get a microloan, but she'd have to form a group that could help vouch for her credibility. And even then, the loan sizes would be way too small to really have an impact on her business,
Video examples
What causes an economic...
The rate is typically an annual percentage of a loan that borrowers pay to their creditors until the loan is repaid. Low interest rates mean that companies can afford to borrow more money, which they can use to invest in more projects.
Video examples
Creating an alternative...
capacity to repay without a credit score right now she can potentially go to a moneylender she can bribe someone within the bank to get connected to a loan officer or she can try and round up a group of people who can help vouch for
Video examples
Leana Wen: What your...
Medscape's public forum and several online doctors' communities had thousands of posts about this topic. Here are a few. From a gastroenterologist in "I devoted 12 years of my life to being a slave. I have loans and mortgages.
Video examples
The secret US prisons...
It turned out that one of the people involved in the loan was trying to enlist someone else in a fake attack. Aref didn't know. For that, he was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist group.
Video examples
Adorable Lion Moments PIPE...
pride lionesses chasing off a loan hi then suddenly the pride male catches one of the hyenas off-guard and stamps his
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Gabrielle Union
American Actress
I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
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Neal Adams
American Artist
The thing about advertising is that you make more money. You can put kids through college so they don't come out with loans. My kids don't, and my grandkids don't, and advertising paid for that.
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Jaime Harrison
American Politician
I think for young people, there are so many issues, not only student loan debt but health care and all these various issues that I believe can impact the quality of your life.
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Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.
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Eugene Delacroix
French Artist
If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
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Paula Pell
American Writer
I'd always be loaning my sister money, knowing full well I wasn't going to get it back. But she had the kids, and that paid me back.
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Kelly Marie Tran
American Actress
My parents are not of this world. I've had to work multiple jobs, been in a position where I cannot pay off student loans.
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Joe Hart
English Athlete
In my opinion, I think loans are for younger players trying to improve who have got the whole world in front of them.
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Ivan Toney
Going on all those loan spells helped me massively. They turned me into a man quicker than I should have.
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Jessica Seinfeld
American Author
I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.
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Gabrielle Union
American Actress
I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.
Quote examples
Neal Adams
American Artist
The thing about advertising is that you make more money. You can put kids through college so they don't come out with loans. My kids don't, and my grandkids don't, and advertising paid for that.
Quote examples
Jaime Harrison
American Politician
I think for young people, there are so many issues, not only student loan debt but health care and all these various issues that I believe can impact the quality of your life.
Quote examples
Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It's a very big world with some very big characters. And, boy, do you have to be able to stand up for yourself when you walk into a working men's club and negotiate a loan.
Quote examples
Eugene Delacroix
French Artist
If one considered life as a simple loan, one would perhaps be less exacting. We possess actually nothing; everything goes through us.
Quote examples
Paula Pell
American Writer
I'd always be loaning my sister money, knowing full well I wasn't going to get it back. But she had the kids, and that paid me back.
Quote examples
Kelly Marie Tran
American Actress
My parents are not of this world. I've had to work multiple jobs, been in a position where I cannot pay off student loans.
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Joe Hart
English Athlete
In my opinion, I think loans are for younger players trying to improve who have got the whole world in front of them.
Quote examples
Ivan Toney
Going on all those loan spells helped me massively. They turned me into a man quicker than I should have.
Quote examples
Jessica Seinfeld
American Author
I had three jobs in college. The best day of my life was when I paid off my student loans, on my own.
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