loan

transfer of money that must be repaid
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loan

Summary

loan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,780 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • loan is a type of financial product[2].
  • loan is a type of financial transaction[3].
  • loan's Commons category is recorded as Loans[4].
  • loan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Loans[5].
  • loan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • loan's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[7].
  • loan's used by is recorded as debtor[8].
  • loan's used by is recorded as creditor[9].
  • loan's has characteristic is recorded as interest rate[10].
  • loan's has characteristic is recorded as lender[11].
  • loan's has characteristic is recorded as issue date[12].
  • loan's has characteristic is recorded as phase[13].
  • loan's has characteristic is recorded as quantity[14].
  • loan's different from is recorded as credit[15].
  • loan's different from is recorded as bond[16].
  • loan's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include financial product[2] and financial transaction[3].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include debtor[8] and creditor[9].

Why It Matters

loan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,780 views/month).[1] loan has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] loan is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 18d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag loans
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: loans, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941445|loans (#289941445)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 26d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id 10048
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 10048, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167481610|LOANS (#167481610)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n"
  3. 14w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Used by
    Different from credit, bond
    Subclass of financial product, financial transaction
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P5250]]: 408"
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