loan
noun
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something.
had been loaning
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past perfect progressiveof loan.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Peter Barbey, the president and chief executive of the Reading Eagle Co. - whose great-great-grandfather started the paper - had been loaning it money to keep it afloat.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2019
