plural of loan rendition

A compound word or expression serving to reflect a concept otherwise denoted by a loan word or an other term of formally imported elements not necessarily without using such elements but without any elements corresponding to that term perceived as imported.

A new lexeme – by native means – for an importation, that latter is any word formally containing foreign elements.

this is the hypernym for loan rendering / loan rendition and loan translation, and optionally also for loan creation (usage varies)

An inexact calque where, for at least one constituent, the literal translation is not used in favor of a word that is more apt for producing the aimed-for figurative picture within the target language.

(US, finance) Synonym of building society

(cognitive psychology) The used amount of working memory resources.

(historical) The hitching of additional livestock to a scraper to assist the team pulling it.

plural of barracouta loaf

(New Zealand) A long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.