Give temporarily

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

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).

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 ]