investment vs loan

investment

noun
  • The act of investing, or state of being invested. 

  • A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation. 

  • A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze. 

  • The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. 

loan

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

  • A lonnen. 

  • 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). 

  • The permission to borrow any item. 

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

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

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