loan
/loʊn/ verb C2- To lend (something) to (someone).
He/she/it loans · Past loaned · Past participle loaned · -ing form loaning
Verb forms
- Base form
- loan
- He/she/it
- loans
- Past
- loaned
- Past participle
- loaned
- -ing form
- loaning
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“Why, yes, he is actually insolent over the matter—has already offered me his patronage, as if he were a grand personage, and proffered me a loan of money, as though he were a banker.”
We have a hundred thousand francs or thereabouts loaned on their securities, and we are a little uneasy at reports that have reached us that the firm is on the brink of ruin.
Well, I had promised Madame de Villefort the loan of my carriage to drive tomorrow to the Bois; but when my coachman goes to fetch the grays from the stables they are gone—positively gone.
Ask me to lend you half a million and, although such a loan is somewhat rare, on my honor, you would annoy me less!
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