Loan vs. Finance — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Loan and Finance
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Loan
In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that debt until it is repaid as well as to repay the principal amount borrowed.
Finance
Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires money – called capital in the context of a business – and how they spend or invest that money.
Loan
An instance of lending
A bank that makes loans to small businesses.
Finance
The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.
Loan
A sum of money that is lent, usually with an interest fee
Took out a loan to buy a car.
Repaid the loan over five years.
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Finance
Finances Monetary resources
Could not make the purchase because of limited finances.
Loan
The agreement or contract specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a sum.
Finance
The supplying of funds or capital.
Loan
The repayment obligation associated with such an agreement
She couldn't afford the loan after losing her job.
Finance
To provide or raise the funds or capital for
Financed a new car.
Loan
The right to payment associated with such an agreement
A bank that buys consumer loans.
Finance
To supply funds to
Financing a daughter through law school.
Loan
The state of being lent for temporary use
A painting on loan from another museum.
Finance
The management of money and other assets.
Loan
To lend (money or property).
Finance
The science of management of money and other assets.
Loan
An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester.
Finance
Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?
Loan
A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks.
He got a loan of five thousand pounds.
Finance
The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.
Loan
The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
He made a payment on his loan.
Finance
(intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
Loan
The permission to borrow any item.
Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
Finance
To pay ransom.
Loan
(Scotland) A lonnen.
Finance
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
His parents financed his college education.
He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.
Loan
To lend (something) to (someone).
Finance
To extort ransom from.
Loan
A loanin.
Finance
The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown.
Loan
The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
Finance
The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
Loan
That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
Finance
To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings.
Loan
To lend; - sometimes with out.
By way of location or loaning them out.
Finance
The commercial activity of providing funds and capital
Loan
The temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
Finance
The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Loan
A word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
Finance
The management of money and credit and banking and investments
Loan
Give temporarily; let have for a limited time;
I will lend you my car
Loan me some money
Finance
Obtain or provide money for;
Can we finance the addition to our home?
Finance
Sell or provide on credit
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