loanings
loanings is the plural of loaning.
Meaning of loaning
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
Questions about loanings
- What is loanings the plural of?
- Loanings is the plural of loaning.
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