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lend Definition

lend (lend)

transitive verb lent, lend′·ing

  1. to let another use or have (a thing) temporarily and on condition that it, or the equivalent, be returned
  2. to let out (money) at interest
  3. to give; impart a fire lends cheer to a room

Etymology: < ME lenen (with unhistoric -d < pt.) < OE lænan < læn, a loan

intransitive verb

to make a loan or loans

lend Related Forms

lend′·able adjective lend′er noun

lend Idioms

lend itself to

or lend oneself to

to be adapted to, useful for, or open to

lend Synonyms

lend

v.

  1. To make a loan

    advance, provide with, let out, furnish, permit to borrow, allow, trust with, lend on security, extend credit, entrust, place at interest, loan*, accommodate. *

    Antonyms borrow*, repay*, pay back. *

  2. To impart

    confer, grant, present; see give 1.

  3. To adapt oneself

    suit oneself, adjust, comply; see accommodate 2, conform.

lend Law Definition

v

To provide something temporarily to another, often in exchange for compensation.

lend Usage Examples

Object

  • credence: Liaising with similar groups internationally to " lend credence " to our own goals.
  • credibility: You can include a cutting from the paper with any letters you send out to lend credibility to your efforts.
  • ear: I hope we can lend an ear to what Oxford has to tell us about the roles a Proctor can fulfill.
  • money: Now you are lending money to the bank, which pays you interest on your deposit.
  • legitimacy: The international community faces a development dilemma in Burma how to assist the country's poor people without lending legitimacy to an oppressive government.
  • hand: To lend a hand have a word with Marion or Fr.

Preposition: on

basis: They lend on the basis that if you don't pay them back as per your mortgage agreement, they will take your house.

Subject

member: An Indian doll lent by a Bangladeshi member of the local community.

Adjective complement

more: A good diverse, above mediocre album which should perhaps have lent more on his dancefloor material.

Modifying Another Word

  • kindly: This was done with a pump kindly lent to us by WRG North West.
  • generously: His Grace the Duke of Westminster is generously lending a pair of portraits.
  • naturally: Entertaining at ExCel London's state-of-the-art conference and exhibition center in Docklands naturally lends itself to entertaining on the water.
  • freely: Verse of the day " Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
  • easily: And of course a working knowledge of the properties of metals could easily lend itself to deception and fraud.
  • thus: It is portable, thus lending itself to venues without a piano, or venues that are slightly different.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: Wed 9th December - Cates gets ' lent out ' to go to a birthday party.
  • up: Some lenders will only lend up to ten times the predicted annual rental income.

Present participle complement

mean: Bernhard's writing is musical so that rhythm, tempo and silence lend meaning to thought and ideas.

Preposition: for

purpose: Twelve have already arrived and taken up their places at a large estate which is being lent for the purpose by Mr Ian Anderson.

Preposition: by

member: An Indian doll lent by a Bangladeshi member of the local community.