Lending

lend  (lnd)

v. lent (lnt), lend·ing, lends

v.tr.

1.

a. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.

b. To provide (money) temporarily on condition that the amount borrowed be returned, usually with an interest fee.

2. To contribute or impart: Books and a fireplace lent a feeling of warmth to the room.

3. To accommodate or offer (itself) to; be suitable for: The Bible lends itself to various interpretations.

v.intr.

To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.

Idiom:

lend a hand

To be of assistance.

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[Middle English lenden, alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent), from Old English lnan; see leik^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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lender n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lending - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned loaning disposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something usury - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest