lending
lending Lexical Profile
lending Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action, business, or commercial practice of granting loans or allowing someone temporary use of money or property on the condition that it is returned or repaid, typically with interest.
"Stricter regulations on mortgage lending helped stabilize the housing market after the financial crisis."
• verb
To grant to someone the temporary use or possession of something on the understanding that it or its equivalent will be returned.
"The museum is lending three Renaissance paintings to an international exhibition in Paris."
To contribute or impart a particular quality, effect, or support to something.
"The warm candlelight was lending a cozy, welcoming atmosphere to the dining room."
• adjective
Relating to or engaged in the business or practice of advancing money or loaning items for temporary use.
"The public library expanded its lending collection to include digital tablets and musical instruments."
• Rhymes for lending
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'lenen' (with an intrusive excrescent '-d' added later), from Old English 'lænan' (to grant temporarily or lease), which shares a Proto-Germanic root with the noun 'loan'.