Loan vs Barrow - What's the difference?
loan | barrow |
(banking, finance) A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
The permission to borrow any item.
To lend (something) to (someone).
* 2006: — (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)
(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
As a noun loan
is (banking|finance) a sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest) or loan can be (scotland) a lonnen.As a verb loan
is to lend (something) to (someone).As a proper noun barrow is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lone, lane, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans . Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
Hypernyms
* (something that a legal entity borrows) bailmentHyponyms
* (something that a legal entity borrows) mutuumDerived terms
* bridge loan * caveat loan * loan shark * low-doc loan * swing loanVerb
(en verb)- When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it.
Usage notes
* This usage, once widespread in the UK, is now confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof). * It is often considered preferable to use lend when the object being loaned or lent is something other than money.Etymology 2
See lawn.Anagrams
* ----barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}