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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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London-based Standard Chartered specializes in emerging-markets lending, with a heavy focus on Asia and the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Private credit refers to nonbank lending to businesses.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Investors therefore see "more risk in lending to governments".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

It had entered the U.S. subprime lending business in 2003, when it had bought America’s biggest consumer lending operation, Household Finance.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis