loaning
UK/ˈləʊnɪŋ/US/ˈloʊnɪŋ/
loaning noun: the granting of a loan. Also the present participle and gerund of loan.
Noun (1)
loaning (countable and uncountable, plural loanings)
- The granting of a loan.
- […] and the comparison will be made by years, of the maximum weekly shortages (and surplus, if such exists coincidentally) with the ownership of cars and with the loanings of cars.1952, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics, The Capacity and Capital Requirements of the Railroad Industry, page 89
Noun (2)
loaning (plural loanings)
- A lane.
- She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 231
Also used as
loaning is also the present participle and gerund of loan.
Forms of loaning
| plural | loanings |
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Origin of loaning
From loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing.
Words formed from loaning
- free loaning
Words that rhyme with loaning
Questions about loaning
- What does loaning mean?
- Loaning means the granting of a loan.
- What part of speech is loaning?
- Loaning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce loaning?
- Loaning is pronounced /ˈləʊnɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of loaning?
- The plural of loaning is loanings.
Words near loaning in the dictionary
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