Loaning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loanin \Loan"in\, Loaning \Loan"ing\, n. [From Scotch loan, E.
     lawn.]
     An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle
     are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a
     lane. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loan \Loan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Loaning}.]
     To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent.
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           By way of location or loaning them out.  --J. Langley
                                                    (1644).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loaning
       n : disposing of money or property with the expectation that the
           same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned [syn: {lending}]