Found 2 items, similar to loan office.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: loan office 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Loan office 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. lei`pein, Skr. ric. [root]119. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. That which one lends or borrows, especially a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]