an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing

She's trying to get a $50,000 loan to start her own business. 为了开办自己的公司，她正在争取一笔5万美元的贷款。

We could apply for/take out a loan to buy a car. 我们可以申请贷款去买汽车。

an act of borrowing or lending something

Thank you very much for the loan of your bike. 谢谢你把自行车借给我。

This exhibit is on loan (= being borrowed/lent) from/to another museum. 这件展品是从另一家博物馆借来的／出借给了另一家博物馆。

If a football player is on loan, they are playing for a different club for a limited period of time.

He spent a month on loan at Newcastle. 他被租给了纽卡斯尔一个月时间。

He scored an amazing goal against Barnet while he was on loan at Portsmouth.

At the time, he was on loan from Marseille.

He was recalled from Southampton, where he was on loan.

He began his goalscoring career when he was on loan from Arsenal back in the 1990s.

to lend

This library loans books and CDs. 这家图书馆可以外借图书和光盘。

[ + two objects ] I'd loan you the money if I could./I'd loan the money to you if I could. 我要是能借肯定会借给你这笔钱的。