lend

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/lɛnd/

verb 5noun 3

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

kindly

My neighbor kindly lent us her garden tools when we were moving into the house.

VERB + LEND

be prepared to, be willing to

refuse to, be unwilling to

My parents refused to lend me their car for the road trip.

persuade sb to

PREP

My teacher lent some books to our class for the history project.

Definitions

verb

To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.

Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?

To make a loan.

To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.

The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.

To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

Can you lend me some assistance?

The famous director lent his name to the new film.

To borrow.

noun

Loan (permission to borrow (something)).

“But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”

Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.

noun

The lumbar region; loin.

The loins; flank; buttocks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — give temporarily

loan

verb — bestow a quality on

Antonyms

borrow

Idioms & Phrases

lend a hand

To help or assist, especially voluntarily.

If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly.

lend an ear

To listen to someone.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:

lend itself to

To be suitable for; be amenable to.

The belief in a romantic chaos lends itself to pessimism, but it also lends itself to absolute self-assertion.

Example Bank

I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.

Wiktionary

Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?

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Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are

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“But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”

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Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.

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However, Weldon would soon note his declining potato yield, and his suspicions were confirmed one night when he confronted Joe with a jumper full of spuds. Somehow, Joe managed to talk his way out of

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, lend is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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