lent

Typically, credit unions report what they’ve lent about once a month, but perhaps the one you use does so less frequently.

Not long ago, Blue Owl Capital OWL -1.35%decrease; red down pointing triangle was an upstart investment firm that lent money to midsize U.S. companies such as Sara Lee Frozen Bakery.

It also took its own 31% stake and lent Kahn’s investment fund $201 million, largely secured with shares of Franchise Group, whose holdings included Vitamin Shoppe and Pet Supplies Plus.

It lent a subtle, savory funk — the kind that hums beneath the cheese rather than shouting over it.

Nonprofits and volunteers have long lent a hand to parks and don’t represent a “substitute workforce,” the spokesperson said.