Reloaning

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The act of lending something again after it has been previously lent out; the process of providing a loan to a borrower who has already received a prior lending; extending credit or funds anew following an initial loan transaction
2. Reissuing a loan by allowing the same item or amount of money to be lent once more; granting a second loan to a debtor who previously obtained a loan; the repeated extension of credit or financial assistance under loan terms
3. The practice of giving out loans repeatedly to the same borrower or with the same funds; renewing or continuing the lending of resources after an initial loan period; making successive loans using the same capital or asset originally lent out

Etymology: "Reloaning" is simply the present participle and gerund of "reloan", which means to lend something again. The verb is formed from the prefix "re-", meaning again or back, attached to "loan", a word that came into English from Old Norse "lán", and that is where the whole structure comes from. The base "loan" carries the core idea: a thing handed over with the expectation that it will come back. Adding "re-" simply says the handing-over happens a second time, usually after the original loan has been returned or after the item has changed hands. Nothing in the formation is unusual, and the word follows the standard English pattern of repeating an action with the same prefix that gives us "rewrite" or "rebuild".

Synonyms: reborrowing, renewing loan, refinancing

Antonyms: repaying, withdrawing loan