Lending

verb

Word Frequency: 5.7

Definitions

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

"I lent her 10 euros to pay for the train tickets, and she paid me back the next day."

2.verbTo make a loan.

3.verbTo be suitable or applicable, to fit.

"Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily."

4.verbTo afford; to grant or furnish in general.

"Can you lend me some assistance?"

5.verbTo borrow.

6.nounThe action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.

7.adjectiveThat lends.

"a lending library"

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