lend

(lĕnd)

v. lent (lĕnt), lend·ing, lends

v.tr.

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 make available for another's use: The neighbors lent us help after the storm.

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

v.intr.

To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.

Idioms:

lend a hand

To be of assistance.

lend (itself) to

To accommodate or offer itself to; be suitable for: "The presidency does not lend itself to on the job training" (Joe Biden).

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

lend′er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

lender - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

loaner

investor - someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns

pawnbroker - a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security

loan shark, moneylender, shylock, usurer - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

borrower - someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent

Translations

prestatore mutuante

lender

[ˈlendəʳ] N

1. → prestador(a) m/f
see also borrower 1

2. (professional) (= person) → prestamista mf; (= bank, building society) → entidad f crediticia or de crédito
see also mortgage C

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lender

[ˈlɛndə^r] n → prêteur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lender

n (professional) → Geldverleiher(in) m(f); he paid the £100 back to the lender → er zahlte die £ 100 an den zurück, der sie ihm geliehen hatte

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lender

[ˈlɛndəʳ] n → chi presta, prestatore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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