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loan

noun as in money given temporarily

verb as in give money, possession temporarily

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To the victor will go the power to determine who gets mortgages, car loans and credit cards in the U.S. and how much they will pay for them.

The British Museum told the BBC that it had received: "No formal requests for either the return or the loan of the Rosetta Stone from the Egyptian Government."

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For U.S. taxpayers, it means that a $20 billion loan will probably get repaid.

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Finding out that loans may be included in financial-aid offers may cause confusion for students.

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Should she pay cash for her new house or finance it with a mortgage loan?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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