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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Two of the six had loaned "tens of millions Thai baht" to another of the deceased for investment purposes, authorities said.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
Last October, Raiffeisen said it had loaned more than 600 million euros to customers, mainly in Russia and Belarus, who have since been sanctioned.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2023
The Lola Beltran CD that Señora Oralia had loaned me caught my eye, sitting on top of a stack of library books.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
