(linguistics) A process of borrowing semantic meaning from another language, where the complete word in the borrowing language already exists; the change is that its meaning is extended to include another meaning its existing translation has in the lending language.

plural of loan word

(education, finance) A loan granted to a student in higher education to help pay for the tuition.

plural of home loan

(Australia) a car lent by an insurance company to a customer when their own vehicle is off the road for repair.

plural of air loan

(finance) A mortgage loan which is taken out by a fictitious buyer or for a fictitious property, or both.

plural of loan car

plural of loan-back

A money laundering or tax avoidance scheme in which money is deposited in an offshore bank and then borrowed back by a shell company controlled by the holder of that bank account.