loan (B1)
noun
Pronunciation: /loʊn/
Definition
An amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing.
Examples
She took out a student loan to pay for her university tuition.
The company is seeking a loan to expand its operations.
He defaulted on his mortgage loan, and the bank foreclosed on his house.
How to Use loan
- loan from (prepositional phrase)
- To borrow from a specific source. — "He got a loan from his parents to buy a car."
- loan to (prepositional phrase)
- To lend to a specific recipient. — "The bank will loan money to small businesses."
- loan shark (collocation)
- A person who lends money at extremely high interest rates. — "He got into trouble with a loan shark after losing his job."
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