lend

Lend is defined as to give to someone to use or allow someone to borrow.

(verb)

An example of to lend is for a person to give his car to a friend for the day.

See lend in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb lent, lending

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

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

intransitive verb

to make a loan or loans

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See lend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb lent lent (lĕnt), lend·ing, lends

verb, transitive

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.
To contribute or impart: Books and a fireplace lent a feeling of warmth to the room.
To accommodate or offer (itself) to; be suitable for: The Bible lends itself to various interpretations.

verb, intransitive

To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English lenden

Origin: , alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent, past participle of lenen)

Origin: , from Old English lǣnan; see leik^w- in Indo-European roots

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