loaning n 1: disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned [syn: {lending}, {loaning}]
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. [1913 Webster]
Loan \Loan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loaning}.] To lend; -- sometimes with out. --Kent. [1913 Webster] By way of location or loaning them out. --J. Langley (1644). [1913 Webster]