lending

VERB

loan, accommodate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

add afford allow contribute extend give grant impart provide supply

STRONG

advance bestow confer entrust furnish let oblige permit present shark stake trust

WEAK

lay on one lend-lease loan shark

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal decrease deny disapprove hold keep lessen refuse remove subtract take take away withdraw withhold withstand

WEAK

borrow

Example Sentences

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Fees can rise and fall with how active the lending market is.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The percussive score by Joseph Shirley and Moses Sumney underlines this and gives the whole film an eerie, curious atmosphere, lending to a sense of unreality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

This year's entrant for San Marino, Senhit, has enlisted the help of Boy George, who will be lending vocals to her song Superstar.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Along with those strategic measures, the fund has scaled back its lending.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Once, she tricked me into lending her my yellow stone necklace.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli