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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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Borrowers tend to have lower credit quality and pay higher interest rates than they would through traditional bank lending.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Private credit refers to nonbank lending to businesses.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The central bank buying rupees dries up liquidity for commercial banks, hampering lending, Pramanik adds.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

But now, Grouzes is lending them out like library books—and fending off a flood of offers to buy them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“You’ll be lending us money before we’re through.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck