Functioning like a library

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

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loanin \Loan"in\, Loaning \Loan"ing\, n. [From Scotch loan, E. lawn.] An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

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 ]

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