Loan and Pay

Loan

Loan verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.

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Pay and loan are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a verb "Loan".

Nearby Words: loaned, loaning, loanable

Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.

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Loan and pay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Loan" instead a verb "Pay".

Nearby Words: payment, paid, paying, payable, payout

high	high loan	high pay
special	special loan	special pay
regular	regular loan	regular pay
rightful	rightful loan	rightful pay
Other adjectives: small, large, big, significant, smaller, bigger.

Regular income (after the abolition of the liquor monopoly) was only enough to cover some 1/3 of expenses, the other 2/3 coming from the government creating money to pay/loan to itself - i.e.

Source: Useful Notes / Russians with Rifles
In a comedic subversion, Three's Company had Jack teaching a loan shark's lusty wife to cook because he couldn't pay back his loan.

Source: Loan Shark
Likewise, in South East Asia, Ah Long loan money at 40% per month and paint O$P$ ("owe money, pay money") on delinquant debtors' houses.

Source: Loan Shark

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