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English Idioms :: loan shark
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loanee.html - {n. phr.} A money lender who charges excessive interest. * /Why go to a loan shark when you can borrow from the bank at the legal rate?/ |
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Traditional English :: loan(1)
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loanee.html - n. & v. --n. 1 something lent, esp. a sum of money to be returned normally with interest.
2 the act of lending or state of being lent.
3 funds acquired by the State, esp. from individuals, and regarded as a debt.
4 a word, custom, etc., adopted by one people from another. --v.loan shark colloq. a person who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest. loan-translation an expression adopted by one language from another in a more or less literally translated form. on loan acquired or given as a loan. loanable adj. loanee n. loaner n. [ME lan f. ON lÁn f. Gmc: cf. LEND] |
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Traditional English :: loan(2)
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loanee.html - n.
(also loaning) Sc.
1 a lane.
2 an open place where cows are milked. [ME var. of LANE] |
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Traditional English :: loanholder
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loanee.html - n.
1 a person holding securities for a loan.
2 a mortgagee. |
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Traditional English :: loanword
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loanee.html - n.
a word adopted, usu. with little modification, from a foreign language. |
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English Idioms :: load
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loanee.html - See: GET A LOAD OF. |
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