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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Others like Sixth Street Specialty Lending also trimmed their dividends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

An alternative is the smaller, public Blackstone Secured Lending, which has a similar industry lending allocation and some of the same loans.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2019, he shifted to managing money, launching Cliffwater Corporate Lending Fund, or CCLFX, with Blake and Phil Hasbrouck, a then-30-year-old executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

BlackRock’s $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund received redemption requests worth 9.3% of the fund in the fourth quarter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Lending her a lip gloss after the cut.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart