Loan vs. Finance

Loannoun

A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).

Loannoun

The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.

Loannoun

The permission to borrow any item.

Loannoun

(Scotland) A lonnen.

Loanverb

To lend (something) to (someone).

Loannoun

A loanin.

Loannoun

The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.

Loannoun

That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

Loanverb

To lend; - sometimes with out.

Loannoun

the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

Loannoun

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

Loanverb

give temporarily; let have for a limited time;

Loan

In finance, a loan is the lending of money by one or more individuals, organizations, or other entities to other individuals, organizations etc. The recipient (i.e., the borrower) incurs a debt and is usually liable to pay interest on that debt until it is repaid as well as to repay the principal amount borrowed.

Financenoun

The management of money and other assets.

Financenoun

The science of management of money and other assets.

Financenoun

Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.

Financenoun

The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.

Financeverb

(intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.

Financeverb

To pay ransom.

Financeverb

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.

Financeverb

To extort ransom from.

Financenoun

The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

Financenoun

The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

Financeverb

To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.

Financenoun

the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Financenoun

the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

Financenoun

the management of money and credit and banking and investments

Financeverb

obtain or provide money for;

Financeverb

sell or provide on credit

Finance

Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires money – called capital in the context of a business – and how they spend or invest that money.