Give temporarily

• Functioning like a library
• Let have for a limited time
• Advancing
• Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
• Allowing use of

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete Scottish and Northern English English) A lane vb. (present participle of loan English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned [syn: lending ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loan \Loan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loaning .] To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent. By way of location or loaning them out. --J. Langley (1644).