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loaner

Other forms: loaners

Definitions of loaner
  1. noun
    someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
    synonyms: lender
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    types:
    pawnbroker
    a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
    loan shark, moneylender, shylock, usurer
    someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
    type of:
    investor
    someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
  2. noun
    a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair
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    type of:
    auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar
    a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
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