loan
/loʊn/ nom B2En français : prêt, emprunt, crédit, contrat de prêt
- 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.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Stocks and bonds, loans and mortgages, margins and securities—here was a world of finance, and there was no room in it for the human world or the world of nature.
“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.”
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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