loan
noun
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something.
had loaned
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past perfectof loan.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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
Collector Michael Shaw had loaned the slippers out to the Judy Garland Museum in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, when they were stolen in 2005.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Trinity, which had loaned Madera $15.4 million during their merger talks, became its largest creditor in the bankruptcy that ensued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Bristol Police Officer Zachary Levine testified Tuesday that UConn police scanned the license plate that day of the vehicle his girlfriend had loaned him.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
In August she sent him a note, telling him he could have the book she had loaned him.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
