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loan [loans] (borrowed sum of money or other property) noun [UK: ləʊn] [US: ˈloʊn] | 借款 /jièkuǎn/noun 貸款noun 贷款 /dàikuǎn/noun |
loan shark (money lender; usurer) noun | 高利貸noun 高利贷 /gāolìdài/noun |
loanword (word taken from another language) noun [UK: ˈləʊn.wɜːd] [US: ˈloʊn.wɝːd] | 借用語noun 借用语 /jièyòngyǔ/noun 借詞noun 借词 /jiècí/noun 外來語noun 外来语 /wàiláiyǔ/noun |
lo and behold (used to express surprise) interjection | 你瞧 /nǐ qiáo/interjection 你瞧瞧 /nǐ qiáo qiáo/interjection |
bridge loan (money loaned for a short period) noun | 過橋貸款noun |
home loan (mortgage on a house) noun | 住房貸款noun 房屋貸款noun 房貸noun 房贷 /fángdài/noun |
microloan (small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed) noun | 微貸noun 微贷 /wēidài/noun |
on loan (loaned or lent) adverb [UK: ɒn ləʊn] [US: ɑːn ˈloʊn] | 借adverb |