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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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At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

After ramping up lending to software companies over the past decade—partly for their recurring revenue—many funds are now contending with the possibility that artificial intelligence could render those companies obsolete.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

It seems that the AI providers are paying or lending money to users.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Investors have rushed to the exit from private-credit funds run by Blue Owl and rivals, on concerns over their lending to software companies and other troubled sectors.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Eisman and his partners focused concretely on the people doing the borrowing and the lending.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis