loan
noun
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something.
have loaned
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present perfectof loan.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dimon’s bankers estimated that they would have loaned and advised on approximately $1 trillion worth of transactions for those clients over the next 10 years just by using the bank’s current strategies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I have loaned money and given money to a lot of different candidates,” he has said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Money he raises could also be used to repay more than $700,000 that he claimed to have loaned his campaign.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Those complaints, including one filed earlier this month from the Campaign Legal Center, direct particular attention to more than $700,000 that Santos claims to have loaned his 2022 campaign.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
I’m sure that if my host had seen my envy he would have loaned me the beauty, but I didn’t ask.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
