Loaning

//ˈləʊnɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The granting of a loan. countable, uncountable

    "[…] and the comparison will be made by years, of the maximum weekly shortages (and surplus, if such exists coincidentally) with the ownership of cars and with the loanings of cars."

  2. 2
    A lane. Northern-England, Scotland, Ulster

    "She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns."

  3. 3
    disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of loan form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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advanceadvancementlend leaselendinglendingloan

Example

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"Sami conned Layla into loaning him 3000 dollars."

Etymology

From loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing.

Related phrases

free loaning

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