Loan

Synonyms for loan
noun money given temporarily

credit
investment
mortgage

allowance
advance
trust

accommodation
extension
floater

time payment

Synonyms
verb give money, possession temporarily

provide
lend
advance

scratch
stake
accommodate

credit
score
allow

touch
lay on one
let out

Antonyms

mend
stop

smooth
borrow

Usage Notes

Sometimes mistakenly identified as an Americanism, loan1 as a verb meaning “to lend” has been used in English for nearly 800 years: Nearby villages loaned clothing and other supplies to the flood-ravaged town. The occasional objections to loan as a verb referring to things other than money, are comparatively recent. Loan is standard in all contexts but is perhaps most common in financial ones: The government has loaned money to farmers to purchase seed.