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What (who) is lend - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lend (disambiguation)
lend
v.
1) (A) she lent the money to him; or: she lent him the money
2) (d; refl.) to lend to ('to be suitable for') (it lends itself to satire) (see the Usage Note for loanII)
Lend
·vt To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
II. Lend ·vt To Afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
III. Lend ·vt To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
IV. Lend ·vt To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book;
- opposed to borrow.
lend
(lends, lending, lent)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When people or organizations such as banks lend you money, they give it to you and you agree to pay it back at a future date, often with an extra amount as interest.
The bank is reassessing its criteria for lending money...
I had to lend him ten pounds to take his children to the pictures.
...financial de-regulation that led to institutions being more willing to lend.
VERB: V n, V n n, V, also V n to n, V to n
• lending
...a financial institution that specializes in the lending of money.
...a slump in bank lending.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
If you lend something that you own, you allow someone to have it or use it for a period of time.
Will you lend me your jacket for a little while?...
He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.
VERB: V n n, V n to n
3.
If you lend your support to someone or something, you help them with what they are doing or with a problem that they have.
He was approached by the organisers to lend support to a benefit concert...
Stipe attended yesterday's news conference to lend his support.
= give
VERB: V n to n, V n, also V n n
4.
If something lends itself to a particular activity or result, it is easy for it to be used for that activity or to achieve that result.
The room lends itself well to summer eating with its light, airy atmosphere.
VERB: V pron-refl to n
5.
If something lends a particular quality to something else, it adds that quality to it.
Enthusiastic applause lent a sense of occasion to the proceedings...
A more relaxed regime and regular work lends the inmates a dignity not seen in other prisons.
VERB: V n to n, V n n, also V n
6.
see also lent
7.
Wikipedia
Lend
Lend may refer to:
- Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector, see Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- Lend, Austria, a town in the east district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg
- Lend (Graz), a district of Graz
- Lend, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
Examples of use of lend
1. Teva will also lend Andromeda $3.5 million and will lend more when marketing starts.
2. This cycle of lend and forgive and re–lend undermined the credibility of both debtors and creditors.
3. Banks remained unwilling to lend money to one another and unable to raise money from investors, undercutting their ability to lend to customers.
4. David Petraeus, who offered to lend them his own aircraft.
5. Who is Newt Gingrich to lend luster to Hillary Clinton?