'Loan office' definitions:
Definition of 'loan office'
(from WordNet)
noun
A shop where loans are made with personal property as security [syn: pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop, loan office]
noun
An office where loans are negotiated and repaid
Definition of 'Loan office'
From: GCIDE
- Loan \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['i]n to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel. l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[imac]han, Icel. lj[imac], Goth. leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. lei`pein, Skr. ric. [root]119. Cf. Delinquent, Eclipse, Eleven, Ellipse, Lend, License, Relic.]
- 1. The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. [1913 Webster]
- Loan office. (a) An office at which loans are negotiated, or at which the accounts of loans are kept, and the interest paid to the lender. (b) A pawnbroker's shop. [1913 Webster]