loaning

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1. 1
   verbcolloquialUS

   Present participle of loan. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   The library is loaning out free movies all summer.

   Loaning money to close friends can cause problems later.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of giving money or things to someone for a set time.

   Like letting a friend borrow your bike until they bring it back.

   The loaning of library books is free for everyone who joins.

   Banks make money through the loaning of cash at interest.

   Similarlending

   Oppositeborrowing

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3. 3
   noundialectalNorthern EnglandScotlandUlstercountable

   A small road or path, often one running between fields.

   Like a narrow lane you walk along to reach a house or field.

   The cows walked slowly up the loaning toward the barn.

   We took the loaning that runs between the two farms.

   Similarlane, track, path

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