loan

/ləʊn/ noun

Definition

› [C] money that someone has borrowed: a bank loan a student loan He repaid the loan within two years.

be on loan › If something is on loan, someone is borrowing it: Both paintings are on loan from the city museum.

(Definition of loan noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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