loan
noun
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something.
have been loaning
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present perfect progressiveof loan.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The changes are particularly apparent in Green Bay, where fans have been loaning Packers players bikes to travel to practice since the 1950s.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Clubs have been loaning their players — sometimes injured ones — to national teams since the invention of the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2017
He thinks there's some crooked business about it; they have been loaning money on all sorts of brick-bats, he says, and the end has come, or will to-morrow.
From Kennedy Square by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
