# loaning

Pronunciation: say "LOH-ning" US /ˈloʊnɪŋ/, UK /ˈləʊnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of loan. *(colloquial, US)* — present participle and gerund of loan
   - Simple: Present participle of loan. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _The museum is loaning several paintings to a gallery overseas this year._
   - _Loaning rare books to other institutions requires careful tracking and handling._

## Noun

2. The act of granting a loan to a borrower.
   - Simple: The act of giving money or things to someone for a set time.
   - _The loaning of public funds to private firms drew sharp criticism._
   - _Strict rules govern the loaning of museum artifacts to outside collections._
3. A lane, especially a narrow track running between or toward fields. *(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, Ulster)*
   - Simple: A small road or path, often one running between fields.
   - _An old stone wall ran the whole length of the loaning._
   - _Children played in the loaning behind the row of cottages._

## Origin

From "loanin," an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun "lonnen," combined with the suffix "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/loaning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).