loaning

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
verb give temporarily; let have for a limited time

From loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing.

They went out and down the loaning. — Changeling, and Other Stories, Donn Byrne
Another thing which hurt the banks, by forcing them to stop loaning and to call for a settlement of debts, was the distribution of the surplus revenue among the states. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
We have come to Teelin village--a clean, whitewashed little place on a hill, built "all to one side like Clogher"--and from there we strike up to the right by a sort of rocky, grass-covered loaning which leads to the cliffs. — Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal, Joseph Campbell

lending

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