a. [f. LOAN v. + -ABLE.] That may be loaned or lent, esp. of capital, etc.: Available for use in loans.
1848. Mill, Pol. Econ., III. xxiii. § 4 (1876), 390. It is therefore so much subtracted from the amount of what may be correctly called loanable capital.
1885. Manch. Guard., 20 July, 5/5. The accumulation of loanable gold in the banks … is a proof that gold has not risen in value.
