hire vs loan

hire

noun
  • Payment for the temporary use of something. 

  • A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort. 

  • The state of being hired, or having a job; employment. 

verb
  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent. 

  • To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. 

  • To accept employment. 

  • To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. 

  • To accomplish by paying for services. 

  • To exchange the services of for remuneration. 

  • (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job 

loan

noun
  • A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). 

  • An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. 

  • A lonnen. 

  • The permission to borrow any item. 

  • The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. 

verb
  • To lend (something) to (someone). 

How often have the words hire and loan occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )