verb🔗ShareTo 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."financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a loan."The bank is lending money to help people buy houses. "financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be suitable or applicable, to fit."Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily."functionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo afford; to grant or furnish in general."Can you lend me some assistance?"businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo borrow."My sister is lending me her textbook for the weekend so I can study. "financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend."The bank's primary business is lending money to people who want to buy houses. "financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareThat lends."a lending library"businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading