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onloan

onloan is the alternative form of on-loan.

Meaning of on-loan

Verb

on-loan (third-person singular simple present on-loans, present participle on-loaning, simple past and past participle on-loaned)

  1. (transitive) To onlend;
    • This became necessary because the 1982 exchange rate devaluation virtually bankrupted the Chilean financial sector (Loser 1987). The banks had borrowed large sums denominated in dollars and on-loaned them to domestic borrowers […]2002, Richard Auty, Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies: The Resource Curse Thesis

See all 2 meanings of on-loan

Noun

onloan (plural onloans)

  1. A loan that is made from something that was borrowed; something that is onloaned.
    • The coinsurance provision of Title I became effective October 1, 1954, and from that date the lender is required to bear 10 percent of the loss sustained on any onloan.1964, United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency, Report - Volume 18, page 186
    • The contenders were the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, with the Netherlands being the most suitable. A restructuring would have involved the issuer assigning the onloan to a new Dutch subsidiary ...2006, Tax Notes International - Volume 44, page 491

Forms of onloan

Verb
third-person singular presentonloans
present participleonloaning
past participleonloaned
pastonloaned
Noun
pluralonloans

Questions about onloan

What does onloan mean?
Onloan means a loan that is made from something that was borrowed; something that is onloaned.
What is onloan the alternative form of?
Onloan is the alternative form of on-loan.
What part of speech is onloan?
Onloan is a noun.
What is the plural of onloan?
The plural of onloan is onloans.

Words near onloan in the dictionary

  1. Onllwyn
  2. onload
  3. onloaded
  4. onloading
  5. onloads
  6. onloan
  7. onloaned
  8. onloaning
  9. onloans
  10. onlook
  11. onlooked

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