lending
Example Sentences
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When you buy a bond, you’re lending money to the issuer who promises to pay you interest and return the principal when the bond matures on a set date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The LFI strongly denies doing anything more than lending its natural support to a movement it regards as legitimate.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Combining these two entrepreneurial, technology-forward companies would enable them to expand their operations and combine their expertise to expand consumer and small-business lending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
August data showed banks lengthening deposit maturities while average lending rates fell, pointing to further margin pressure, he reckons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hazel and Etta had both been good about lending her their best clothes—considering that they weren’t supposed to come to the party.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
