loanloan1 /ləʊnloʊn/ noun [countableC]FINANCE1money borrowed from a bank, financial institution, person etc on which interest is usually paid to the lender until the loan is repaidThe couple took out and repaid several loans (=obtained them and paid them back) to build up their business.
The bank recently made a loan to the company for a new warehouse.
Citibank will provide loans of $50,000 to $250,000 to small contractors.
More than 40 financial institutions have extended loans (=given loans) to the real estate firm.
A loan is a form of debt. A borrower receives money from a lender which they pay back in instalments British EnglishBrE /installments American EnglishAmE (=a series of regular payments that are made until all of the loan has been paid back). Loans are provided by financial institutions, such as banks, who charge interest. The interest rate (=percentage rate used for calculating interest over a particular period of time, usually one year) usually depends on the type of loan. You usually pay a lower rate of interest on a secured loan than on an unsecured loan. An example of a secured loan is a mortgage (=a loan to buy a property). If you do not make your regular payments on a mortgage, the lender normally has the right to take the property and sell it in order to get back their money. Examples of an unsecured loan include an overdraft British EnglishBrE (=an arrangement between a bank and a customer allowing them to take out more money from their current account than they have in it), a personal loan, and money owed on a credit card.
2service a loan a)to make repayments on a loanWith rising sales, he saw no problem servicing the loans.
b)to collect repayments on a loan for another organizationMany lenders continue to service loans they have sold into the secondary market.
3refinance a loan to replace an old loan with a new oneHomeowners rushed to refinance and prepay their loans at lower interest rates.
→ amortizing loan → back-to-back loan → bad loan → balloon loan → bank loan → bridge loan → bullet loan → call loan → commercial loan → consumer loan → corporate loan → credit-card loan → debt consolidation loan → delinquent loan → discount loan → foreign loan → home equity loan → home loan → interest-free loan → irrecoverable loan → long-term loan → medium-term loan → non-performing loan → nonrecourse loan → overnight loan → parallel loan → performing loan → personal loan → property loan → rollover loan → secured loan → short-term loan → soft loan → syndicated loan → term loan → underlying loan → unsecured loan