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a give of money to a person that is agreed to be return during future

Loan (noun) means: a give of money to a person that is agreed to be return during future. It emerges from money, give, agreement, future: money is given to a person under an agreement that it will be returned in the future. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

loan.financial · forms: loan, loaned, loaning, loans

Examples

Emergence

from: money give agreement future people return time
through: money is given to a person under an agreement that it will be returned in the future

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motiongiveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesreturnL14 return.movement: to go back to a previous placepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.agreementL8 agreement.social: when two or more parties like a just conditionkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingloanL17 loan.financial: a give of money to a person that is agreed to be return during futureparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.futureL4 future.temporal: the part of time that is after nowsettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbercarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.justL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutpriceL8 price.economic: the piece of a thing that be given in an interactionsideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movepeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchlikeL3 like.similarity: When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.resourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingssubstanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesrelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.systemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structurespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingssurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing hasworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacepressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacepersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.moneyL16 money.economic: a resource that is a property of price and workdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.musicL3 music.auditory: a pattern of energy changes that occurs again over timetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.possibleL3 possible.potential: that can happenpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.partyL7 party.social: a group of people who interact in a setting with musicothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinggoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placefallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timeinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarypreviousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in timewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt frommortgageL18mortgage.financial — a loan that is bound to a propertyloanL17loan.financial — a give of money to a person that is agreed to be return during futuremoneyL16money.economic — a resource that is a property of price and workgiveL7give.transfer — to make a piece go to othersagreementL8agreement.social — when two or more parties like a just conditionfutureL4future.temporal — the part of time that is after nowpeopleL6people.social — a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchreturnL14return.movement — to go back to a previous placetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6