loan office

2 definitions found

loan office - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Loan \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['i]n
     to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel.
     l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[imac]han, Icel. lj[imac],
     Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric.
     [root]119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse,
     Lend, License, Relic.]
     1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the
        loan of a book, money, services.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money
        lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Loan office.
        (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which
            the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid
            to the lender.
        (b) A pawnbroker's shop.
            [1913 Webster]

loan office - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  loan office
      n 1: a shop where loans are made with personal property as
           security [syn: pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office
           ]
      2: an office where loans are negotiated and repaid