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loan term

loan term noun: a single loanword or a multi-word expression borrowed directly from another language.

Noun

loan term (plural loan terms)

  1. A single loanword or a multi-word expression borrowed directly from another language.

Forms of loan term

pluralloan terms

Questions about loan term

What does loan term mean?
Loan term means a single loanword or a multi-word expression borrowed directly from another language.
What part of speech is loan term?
Loan term is a noun.
What is the plural of loan term?
The plural of loan term is loan terms.

Words near loan term in the dictionary

  1. loan renditions
  2. loan shark
  3. loan sharked
  4. loan sharking
  5. loan sharks
  6. loan term
  7. loan terms
  8. loan translation
  9. loan translations
  10. loan word
  11. loan words

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