See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a word See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of Gr. Xeiaecv and See also:

• LAT

Lat. linquere, to leave)  , that which is See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent; a sum of See also:

• MONEY

money or something of value lent for a specific or in-definite See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when it or its See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent is to be repaid or returned, usually at a specified See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• INTEREST

interest (see See also:

• USURY

USURY and MONEY-LENDING) . For public loans see See also:

• FINANCE

FINANCE, See also:

• NATIONAL

NATIONAL See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

DEBT, and the various sections on finance under the names of the various countries .