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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lending

It would also erode investors’ trust in lending again to any government that tried it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Those are good signs for regional banks, which generally rely much more on lending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Its annual lending to China fell to $750 million in 2025, down from $2.4 billion in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

You have to decide how long you’re lending the money for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Inside Morgan Stanley, the subprime mortgage lending boom created a who-put-chocolate-in-my peanut-butter moment.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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