–adjective

1.	operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer.

2.	connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the Internet.

3.	of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an on-line bookstore.

4.	available or operating on a computer or computer network: an on-line dictionary.

5.	by means of or using a computer: on-line shopping.

6.	Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming.

7.	Television. of or pertaining to the final editing of a videotaped program.

8.	done or accomplished while in operation or active service: on-line maintenance.

9.	located on major routes or rail lines: on-line industries.

–adverb

10.	with or through a computer, esp. over a network.

–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.

–noun

1.	a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.

2.	a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.

3.	an assemblage of persons for social purposes.

4.	companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.

5.	one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.

6.	society collectively.

7.	a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, esp. for business: a publishing company; a dance company.

8.	(initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company.

9.	Military. a. the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons. b. any relatively small group of soldiers. c. Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.

10.	a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company.

11.	Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers.

12.	a medieval trade guild.

13.	the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

–verb (used without object)

14.	Archaic. to associate.

–verb (used with object)

15.	Archaic. to accompany.

—Idioms

16.	keep company, a. to associate with; be a friend of. b. Informal. to go together, as in courtship: My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.

17.	part company, a. to cease association or friendship with: We parted company 20 years ago after the argument. b. to take a different or opposite view; differ: He parted company with his father on politics. c. to separate: We parted company at the airport.