loan ~ lone
[the two words in this pair have the same pronunciation; they rhyme with ‘tone’]
“Loan” (for the right pronunciation, please click here) as a noun, is ‘some amount of money given (lent) for a long period; something that is given for use and to be returned after certain period of time’; and as a verb, it means ‘to give something to someone for a certain period of time on condition that it must be returned; to lend’,
e.g.
The bank has sanctioned him a loan to build a house of his own.
She can have a loan of my book on condition that she returns it intact.
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“Lone” (adjective; for the right pronunciation, please click here) means ‘without other people, without support or help from others; without friends or company – all by oneself;(alone)’,
e.g.
The dark streets are empty except for a lone policeman.
[A ‘loner’ (a lone person) is a person who stays alone, not moving with or joining others, or a person without anybody to give company]
[Return to “lender” in People and Professions.]
