Lone vs. Loan — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lone and Loan
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Lone
Without accompaniment; solitary
A lone skier on the mountain.
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.
Lone
Being the only one; sole
The lone doctor in the county.
Loan
An instance of lending
A bank that makes loans to small businesses.
Lone
Situated by itself
A lone tree on the prairie.
A lone blue tile in a white floor.
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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.
Lone
Solitary; having no companion.
A lone traveler or watcher
Loan
The agreement or contract specifying the terms and conditions of the repayment of such a sum.
Lone
Isolated or lonely; lacking companionship.
Loan
The repayment obligation associated with such an agreement
She couldn't afford the loan after losing her job.
Lone
Sole; being the only one of a type.
The lone male audience member at the concert
Loan
The right to payment associated with such an agreement
A bank that buys consumer loans.
Lone
Situated by itself or by oneself, with no neighbours.
A lone house;
A lone isle
Loan
The state of being lent for temporary use
A painting on loan from another museum.
Lone
(archaic) Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
Loan
To lend (money or property).
Lone
(archaic) Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
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.
Lone
A lane. See Loanin.
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.
Lone
Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.
When I have on those pathless wilds a appeared,And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered.
Loan
The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
He made a payment on his loan.
Lone
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
Queen Elizabeth being a lone woman.
A hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear.
Loan
The permission to borrow any item.
Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower.
Lone
Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house.
By a lone well a lonelier column rears.
Loan
(Scotland) A lonnen.
Lone
Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
Thus vanish scepters, coronets, and balls,And leave you on lone woods, or empty walls.
Loan
To lend (something) to (someone).
Lone
Lacking companions or companionship;
He was alone when we met him
She is alone much of the time
The lone skier on the mountain
A lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
A lonely soul
A solitary traveler
Loan
A loanin.
Lone
Characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;
The eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
A lone wolf
A man of a solitary disposition
Loan
The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
Lone
Being the only one; single and isolated from others;
The lone doctor in the entire county
A lonesome pine
An only child
The sole heir
The sole example
A solitary instance of cowardice
A solitary speck in the sky
Loan
That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
Loan
To lend; - sometimes with out.
By way of location or loaning them out.
Loan
The temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
Loan
A word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
Loan
Give temporarily; let have for a limited time;
I will lend you my car
Loan me some money
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