lending
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lend
(lĕnd)v. lent (lĕnt), lend·ing, lends
v.tr.
1.
a. To give or allow the use of temporarily on the condition that the same or its equivalent will be returned.
b. To provide (money) temporarily on condition that the amount borrowed be returned, usually with an interest fee.
2. To make available for another's use: The neighbors lent us help after the storm.
3. To contribute or impart: Books and a fireplace lent a feeling of warmth to the room.
v.intr.
Idioms: To make a loan. See Usage Note at loan.
lend a hand
To be of assistance.
lend (itself) to
To accommodate or offer itself to; be suitable for: "The presidency does not lend itself to on the job training" (Joe Biden).
[Middle English lenden, alteration of lenen (on the model of such verbs as senden, to send, whose past participle sent rhymed with lent, past participle of lenen), from Old English lǣnan; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.]
lend′er n.
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lending
(ˈlɛndɪŋ)n
the action of lending money
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| Noun | 1. |  lending - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returneddisposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something usury - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest |
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Translations
lending
[ˈlendɪŋ] CPD lending library N → biblioteca f de préstamolending limit N → límite m de crédito or de préstamos
lending policy N → política f crediticia or de préstamos
lending rate N → tipo m de interés sobre los préstamos
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lending
[ˈlɛndɪŋ] n → prêt mlending library n → bibliothèque f de prêtlending rate n → taux m de prêtCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lending
adj lending bank → kreditierende Bank; lending business → Kreditgeschäft nt; lending country → Gläubigerland nt; lending policy (of bank etc) → Kreditpolitik f
lending
:lending library
n → Leihbücherei f
lending rate
n → (Darlehens)zinssatz m
lending rights
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