Boat Loan

–noun

1.	a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.

2.	a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat.

3.	a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation.

4.

a ship.

5.	a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.

6.	a serving dish resembling a boat: a gravy boat; a celery boat.

7.	Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to go in a boat: We boated down the Thames.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to transport in a boat: They boated us across the bay.

10.	to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship (def. 8).

—Idioms

11.	in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat.

12.	miss the boat, Informal. a. to fail to take advantage of an opportunity: He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college. b. to miss the point of; fail to understand: I missed the boat on that explanation.

13.	rock the boat. rock 2 (def. 15).

–noun

1.	the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book.

2.	something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest.

3.

loanword.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella?

5.	to lend (money) at interest.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to make a loan or loans; lend.

—Idiom

7.	on loan, a. borrowed for temporary use: How many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? b. temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films.