Loan, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. ln, læn, fr. león to lend; akin to D.
leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. ln, G. leihen to lend, OHG. lhan,
Icel. lj, Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric.
√119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License,
Relic.] 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the
loan of a book, money, services.
2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at
interest; as, he repaid the loan.
Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which
the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender.
(b) A pawnbroker's shop.
Loan, n. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning.] To
lend; -- sometimes with out. Kent.
By way of location or loaning them out.
J. Langley (1644).
Loan"a*ble (?), a. Such as can be lent; available for lending; as,
loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.
{ Loan"in (?), Loan"ing, } n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open
space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and
where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
Loan"mon`ger (?), n. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
The millions of the loanmonger.
Beaconsfield.
Loath (lth), a. [OE. looth, loth, AS. lð hostile, odious; akin to OS.
lð, G. leid, Icel. leiðr, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. ldan to
suffer, go, cf. AS. lðan to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.] 1.
Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as,
loath to part.
Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
Chaucer.
Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
Shak.
Loathe (l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loathed (ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Loathing.] [AS. lðian to hate. See Loath.] 1. To feel extreme disgust
at, or aversion for.
Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
Cowley.