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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Nationwide’s house price survey for May is due Monday, followed by the Bank of England’s mortgage lending and consumer credit figures for April on Tuesday and Halifax’s house-price index for May on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Wygodny has written original music to subtly accompany Booth’s fable, lending the emotional subtext at points a penumbra of cello.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Guidance for net interest income, a measure of profit in a bank’s core lending business, is unchanged for the bank, Dimon said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Bond markets are so far making up the difference, lending at close to sovereign rates.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Their relationships with others were of a shallow, cold nature, lending a quality of loneliness and isolation to these men.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote