loan: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with L · ends with N
Meaning of loan
noun
An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
Example: 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).
Example: All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
Example: He made a payment on his loan.
The permission to borrow any item.
Example: Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
Listed forms: loans.
Source: Wiktionary — loan.
verb
- US, ditransitive, informal, usually
To lend (something) to (someone).
Listed forms: loans, loaning, loaned.
Source: Wiktionary — loan.
noun
- Northern-England, Scotland
An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse.
Listed forms: loans.
Source: Wiktionary — loan.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for loan.
noun
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. ‘blitz’ is a German word borrowed into modern English
verb
give temporarily; let have for a limited time
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is loan in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of loan
L(1) + O(1) + A(1) + N(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of loan
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from loan
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in loan. Showing up to 24, longest first.