Definition of loan

"loan" in the noun sense

1. loan

the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

2. loanword, loan

a word borrowed from another language e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

"loan" in the verb sense

1. lend, loan

give temporarily let have for a limited time

"I will lend you my car"

"loan me some money"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for loan

Hope is a loan made to happiness.

Loan oft loses both itself and friend. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend.
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. [ William Shakespeare, Hamlet ]

loan in Scrabble®

The word loan is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters loan:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word loan

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The 59 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In loan

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loan in Words With Friends™

The word loan is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters loan:

LOAN
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word loan

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The 62 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In loan

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Word Growth involving loan

Shorter words in loan

an

Longer words containing loan

alloantibodies

alloantibody

alloantigen alloantigens

coloanal

hyaloandesite hyaloandesites

hyaloandesitic

loanable

loanback loanbacks

loaned reloaned

loaner loaners

loanholder loanholders

loaning loanings

loaning reloaning

loanmonger loanmongered

loanmonger loanmongerer loanmongerers

loanmonger loanmongeries

loanmonger loanmongering loanmongerings

loanmonger loanmongers

loanmonger loanmongery

loans loanshark loansharked

loans loanshark loansharking loansharkings

loans loanshark loansharks

loans reloans

loanword loanwords

microloan

reloan reloaned

reloan reloaning

reloan reloans