Home › Words › L › loaningloaning/ˈləʊnɪŋ/loaning means the granting of a loan.loaning is pronounced /ˈləʊnɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom loanin, an alternative spelling of the Northern English noun lonnen + -ing.nounThe granting of a loan.e.g.“[…] and the comparison will be made by years, of the maximum weekly shortages (and surplus, if such exists coincidentally) with the ownership of cars and with the loanings of cars.” — 1952, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics, The Capacity and Capital Requirements of the Railroad Industry, page 89:A lane.e.g.“She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.” — 1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 231:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.lending 71% match — The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend. vs loaning →moneylending 70% match — The practice of lending money. vs loaning →loaner 64% match — One who loans; a lender. vs loaning →onloan 63% match — A loan that is made from something that was borrowed; something that is onloaned. vs loaning →onlend 63% match — To loan out something that has been borrowed. vs loaning →loanee 63% match — borrower; someone who is loaned something vs loaning →loanback 60% match — A loan made from a pension or annuity to someone who has contributed money to that pension or annuity. vs loaning →loansharking 60% match — The lending of money at an excessive interest rate. vs loaning →