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Lend
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Lend
/lend/
To provide someone with something temporarily with the expectation of it being returned
Synonyms:
loan
give
advance
furnish
supply
Antonyms:
borrow
withhold
Examples:
H
e lent forward, staring at Poirot."
'What,
lending
that money?' 'Yes, sir.
L
ord Wickhammersley lends the Hall grounds for the purpose.
Etymology:
from Old English
lǣnan
, related to
lēn
meaning
loan
, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijana.
Usage Statistics:
18 mentions per 1 million words
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