Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Loan \Loan\, n. [OE. lone, lane, AS. l[=a]n, l[ae]n, fr. le['o]n
   to lend; akin to D. leen loan, fief, G. lehen fief, Icel.
   l[=a]n, G. leihen to lend, OHG. l[=i]han, Icel. lj[=i], Goth.
   leihwan, L. linquere to leave, Gr. ?, Skr. ric. ? 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.

   2. That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent
      at interest; as, he repaid the loan.

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

loan office
     n 1: a shop where loans are made with personal property as
          security [syn: {pawnbroker's shop}, {pawnshop}]
     2: an office where loans are negotiated and repaid