Lend
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. To make a loan. to be be misled in a jocular or teasing manner. to be suitable or applicable, to fit
Example sentence: Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
Loan
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A sum of money or other valuables or consideration which 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).The contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.The permission to borrow any item.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To lend. This usage is confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof) and elsewhere is ungrammatical (loan being the noun, and lend the verb).
Example sentence: And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.