lend

Speech parts

1. lend - Noun

2. lend - Verb

To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.

To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.

To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.

Source: Webster's dictionary

contribute loan impart bestow provide give supply bring advance add let grant confer furnish give on loan

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borrow make need accept draw assume

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change give alter modify be

tinsel factor advance trust instill transfuse

lent lending

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. Bob Hope

acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. Ambrose Bierce

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Robert Frost

If you want to live in peace, neither borrow nor lend. Assyrian Proverb

Lend a false ear to false words. Somali Proverb

Don't shoot people you hate; don't lend to those you love. Cambodian Proverb

Lenca Lencan Lencioni lend a hand lend a hand to lend a helping hand to