loaning UK /ˈləʊnɪŋ/US /ˈloʊnɪŋ/ noun2 •The granting of a loan.[…] and the comparison will be made by years, of the maximum weekly shortages (and surplus, if such exists coincidentally) with the ownership of cars and with the loanings of cars. — 1952 •(Scotland, Northern-England) A lane.She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns. — 1902 formsloanings