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Loanshift

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• Loan-shift

  [lohn-shift] /ˈloʊnˌʃɪft/ noun, Linguistics. 1. change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio. 2. a word created by loanshift.

• Loan-to-value

  noun 1. the ratio between the sum of money lent in a mortgage agreement and the lender’s valuation of the property involved LTV

• Loan-translation

  noun 1. the process whereby a compound word or expression is created by literal translation of each of the elements of a compound word or expression in another language, as marriage of convenience from French mariage de convenance. 2. a word or expression so created. noun 1. the adoption by one language of a phrase […]

• Loan-value

  noun, Insurance. 1. the highest amount of money that can be borrowed against a life-insurance policy, based on the cash value of the policy.

• Loanword

  [lohn-wurd] /ˈloʊnˌwɜrd/ noun 1. a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.

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