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loan

[lohn] / loʊn /




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The unprecedented loan from France, the result of years of diplomacy and set to last until next July, has been hailed a symbol of renewed cross-Channel ties following the rancour of Brexit.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

"Taking out a loan in order to pay the excessive bill."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Hunter knows that the title might seem “absurdly grand” for a play in which two single dads sit around a cubicle talking at length about loan paperwork and interest rates.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Department of Energy loan of up to $1.9 billion to support restarting the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Papá and Joe García borrowed money from a savings and loan company to buy a small tractor, tools, wood to build a shed to store them, and an outhouse.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Nevertheless, for households in the 21-nation euro area, another hike will still mean pricier mortgages, consumer credit and other loans.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

They took out loans and went through rounds of failed fertility treatment in a journey that cost them a total of £23,000.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The cost of insuring against its loans and bonds defaulting hit a multiyear high this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Mortgages, consumer credit and other loans become more expensive, forcing consumers to limit spending and companies to rethink investment plans.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

All retained some small fraction of the loans they originated, and the companies were allowed to book as profit the expected future value of those loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Another 22 were loaned out, four of those with either sell-on options or obligations totalling more than £140m.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Trust companies, the original “shadow banks,” had loaned buckets of money to risky businesses, real-estate speculators and stock traders.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

“Medicaid reduced the claim from $260,000 down to $100,000 and then the city of Lynn loaned $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity, which rehabbed the home and gave Gunning a lease,” Ford said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Chen said Bo, Panshi and another associate had loaned more than $2 million to the developers of an apartment complex, prompting lawsuits over unpaid debts and control of the property.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

He showered standing in the cast-iron tub and he shaved, very nervously, with a straight razor that Jacquel loaned him.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

The Dutch institution is frequently visited by enthusiastic Japanese fans, and other nations like China, Singapore and South Korea also have asked about loaning it, she said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

In return, the museum is loaning treasures including from the Sutton Hoo hoard as well as the Lewis chess pieces, made from walrus ivory in the 12th Century.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.

From MarketWatch Mar. 21, 2026

The closure – long planned – is what gave Macron the opportunity to perform his act of cultural diplomacy, committing France to loaning the tapestry to the British Museum for a year from next September.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2025

To be exact— instead of the government buying all the extra corn, or loaning farmers money so they could store it, it just paid farmers part of the cost of growing it.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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