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# loan

noun (a loan, loans); verb (loan, loans, loaned, loaning)

«loan» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#m1)
2. A loan is something lent to someone for a while: «The book is on loan.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#m2)
3. To loan means to lend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and money lessons, people take a loan from a bank to buy a house (a mortgage) or a car, then pay it back bit by bit with interest. Libraries loan books. In maths problems, loans include amounts, interest and repayments: borrow $100 at 10% interest and pay back $110. Phrases: «take out a loan», «pay back a loan», «on loan», «bank loan», «student loan».

### Examples

- They took out a loan to buy a car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x1)
- The painting is on loan to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x2)
- You must pay back a loan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x3)
- The library loaned us twenty books for the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x4)
- If you borrow £100 and pay 5% interest, you pay back £105. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x5)
- He asked his sister for a small loan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x6)
- The player is on loan to another club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x7)
- Never agree to a loan from a stranger online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/#x8)

### Note

Countable: loans. Homophone: «loan» (something lent) and «lone» (alone). In British English «lend» is more usual as the verb («lend me a pen»); «loan» as a verb is common in American English. Lend = give for a while; borrow = take for a while.

## In Jewish tradition

The Torah regulates lending, and a lender may not enter a borrower's house to take a pledge, so the poor man keeps his dignity. Hannah's son Samuel is called a "loan" lent to the LORD, since she gave him to serve at the sanctuary.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis see lending to the needy as a great mitzvah, higher than giving charity, since it helps a person stand on his own feet. They taught that the lender must respect the borrower's home and privacy. Hannah's gift of her child is read as a model of dedicating what one loves most to God.

### Examples

- When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. (Torah DEU.24.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loan/#x1)
- And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.' And they would go unto their own home. (Prophets 1SA.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loan/#x2)

### Note

Countable: loans. Homophone: «loan» (something lent) and «lone» (alone). In British English «lend» is more usual as the verb («lend me a pen»); «loan» as a verb is common in American English. Lend = give for a while; borrow = take for a while.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «loan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«loan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/loan.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «loan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«loan» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/loan.html) on Mova free.