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LOAN OFFICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loan office mean?
• LOAN OFFICE (noun)
The noun LOAN OFFICE has 2 senses:
1. a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
2. an office where loans are negotiated and repaid
Familiarity information: LOAN OFFICE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shop where loans are made with personal property as security
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
loan office; pawnbroker's shop; pawnshop
Hypernyms ("loan office" is a kind of...):
shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An office where loans are negotiated and repaid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("loan office" is a kind of...):
business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
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