The difference between Loan and Mutuum

When used as nouns, loan means a sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest), whereas mutuum means a loan in roman and civil law of fungible things to be restored in similar property of the same quantity and quality.


Loan is also verb with the meaning: to lend (something) to (someone).

check bellow for the other definitions of Loan and Mutuum

  1. Loan as a noun (banking, finance):

    A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).

    Examples:

    "He got a loan of five thousand pounds."

    "All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks."

  2. Loan as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "He made a payment on his loan."

  3. Loan as a noun:

    The permission to borrow any item.

    Examples:

    "Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower."

  1. Loan as a verb (usually double, _, transitive, US, dated in, _, UK, informal):

    To lend (something) to (someone).

  1. Loan as a noun (Scotland):

    A lonnen.

  1. Mutuum as a noun:

    A loan in Roman and civil law of fungible things to be restored in similar property of the same quantity and quality.

  2. Mutuum as a noun:

    A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.

  3. Mutuum as a noun:

    A loan for consumption.

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