Rhino vs Loan - What's the difference?
rhino | loan |
(slang, archaic) money
* 1835 , (Frederick Marryat), The Pacha of Many Tales
* 1922 , (James Joyce), '' Episode 12, ''The Cyclops
*:--Here you are, says Alf, chucking out the rhino . Talking about hanging, I'll show you something you never saw
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(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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, 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)
As nouns the difference between rhino and loan
is that rhino is short form of rhinoceros or rhino can be (slang|archaic) money while 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).rhino
English
Etymology 1
Shortened form of (rhinoceros).Etymology 2
UnknownNoun
(-)- There I fell in with Betsy, and as she proved a regular out and outer, I spliced her, and a famous wedding we had of it, as long as the rhino lasted.
loan
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.