Loan

Definition

loan / lǝƱn / n ၁။ [C] ေခ်းေငြ။ I’m only asking for a loan — I’ll pay you back. ❍ a bank loan (ie money lent by a bank). ၂။ [U] ေခ်းျခင္း။ ငွားျခင္း။ ငွားရမ္းျခင္း။ ( fml ) It’s not my book — I’ve got it on loan from the library. ❍ May I have the loan of (ie borrow) your bicycle? v ~ sth (to sb) ( esp US ) ( Brit fml ) ငွားရမ္းသည္။ ေခ်းငွား သည္။ a painting graciously loaned by Her Majesty the Queen ❍ I’ll loan you my car for the weekend.

Examples

1. An interest-free loan
2. [pay off/repay a loan] : How soon do you have to pay off the loan?
3. [obtain/arrange/take out a loan] : Jim took out a loan to pay for his car.
4. Kenya was still paying off a multimillion-dollar loan to the IMF.
5. [loan of] : He had accepted Tom’s offer of the loan of his cottage in north Wales.
6. [give someone a/the loan of something] : He promised he’d give me the loan of his bike.
7. [have a loan of something] : Can I have a loan of your course book?