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Lopcuk Posted 20 years ago
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"loan" what is its meaning in this sentence?

0hi dear friends. I'm an English learner. today, there was a sentence in our book and we couldn't understand a word in the sentence. we looked up our dictionaries, but we could'nt find a meaningful thing. can you explain it?02br
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00sentence: She laughed, then requested and received the 01font00loan02font00 of pistols, and Mr Helstone went on his way.02br
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00what is the meaning of "loan" in this sentence?02br
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0As far as I am aware, the word 'loan' can basically only be a verb meaning 'to lend' or a noun that is lent. Every other meaning is just some specification of one of those two. Therefore, I would have to assume the 'loan' referenced here is simply the pistols mentioned (which are being borrowed).

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  • 0As far as I am aware, the word 'loan' can basically only be a verb meaning 'to lend' or a noun that is lent.
  • Every other meaning is just some specification of one of those two.
  • Therefore, I would have to assume the 'loan' referenced here is simply the pistols mentioned (which are being borrowed).
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0As far as I am aware, the word 'loan' can basically only be a verb meaning 'to lend' or a noun that is lent. Every other meaning is just some specification of one of those two. Therefore, I would have to assume the 'loan' referenced here is simply the pistols mentioned (which are being borrowed). It just seems like a funny worded sentence.0-
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01cite10Lopcuk12cite10and received the 11font10loan12font10 of pistols12br
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10it means-- received the rights to temporary possession or temporary use of the pistols.0-
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0 Hi! I have a question to Lopcuk. Do you live in Lithuania? 0-
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