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lend

To provide money temporarily on the condition that it or its equivalent will be returned, often with an interest fee . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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lend lend [lend] verb lent _PTandPP [lent]

1. [intransitive, transitive] BANKING if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets a person or organization borrow it on condition that they pay it back, with an additional amount as interest, usually gradually over an agreed period of time:

• Once again, the government is encouraging banks to lend.

lend something to somebody

• Last year, financial institutions lent over $30 billion to new businesses.

— see also overlend

— lending noun [uncountable] :

• stiff controls on bank lending

2. [transitive] to let someone borrow money from you or use something that you own, which they will give back to you later:

lend somebody something

• Can you lend me $20 till Friday?

lend something to somebody

• Neighbouring countries offered to lend rescue equipment to the city authorities after the earthquake.

3. lend strength/support to support or help someone or something:

• The bond market rally yesterday also lent some strength to the stock market.

• The dollar's weakness has lent support to precious metals prices.

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lend UK /lend/ verb (lent /lent/, lent /lent/)

► [I or T] BANKING, FINANCE if a bank or other financial organization lends money to someone, it gives them money for a period of time which they then pay back with interest: »Britain's building societies chiefly lend money for house purchase.
lend $5,000/£2bn/€1m, etc. to sb »The Ohio Development Financing Advisory Council agreed to lend $20 million to the Port Authority.
lend sb $5,000/£2bn/€1m, etc. »A number of prominent businessmen are rumoured to have lent the Party over £20 million.
lend to sb/sth »Banks have been heavily criticized for lending to people who cannot afford the repayments.

► [T] to give someone something for a period of time, after which they will give it back to you: lend sb sth »Can you lend me $20?
lend sth to sb »Her tasks included persuading stores to offer discounts or lend clothes on approval to her boss.

► to give something a quality that makes it better in some way: lend sth to sth »We hope that these measures will lend stability to the economy.
lend weight (to sth) »February's trade figures lend weight to the Fund's less cheerful view.
lend credence/credibility (to sth) »Other evidence helped lend credibility to their claims.

● lend a (helping) hand — Cf. lend a helping hand

● lend your support (to sth) — Cf. lend your support to sth

→ See Note BORROW(Cf. ↑borrow)

Financial and business terms. 2012.