loan

An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.

• Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.

A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

• All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
• He got a loan of five thousand pounds.

The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

• He made a payment on his loan.

The permission to borrow any item.

• Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.

To lend (something) to (someone).USditransitiveinformal

• All the rest—six out of eleven, more than half—were loaned to him.

An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.Northern-EnglandScotland

• the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan