See Also: lend(medicine)
on-lend(dictionary)
lend(1)(dictionary)
lend(dictionary)
LEND(finance)
Lend(money)
Lend Lease(finance)
lend-lease(dictionary)
lend-lease(encyclopedia)
lease-lend(dictionary)

lend (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: lAnan, from lAn; LOAN1]
a) [T] to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time
-see also borrow borrow lend sth to sb
::I lent my CD player to Dave and I haven't got it back yet.
lend sb sth
::The hospital agreed to lend us a wheelchair.
::Can you lend me ¡ê10 until tomorrow?
b) [I and T] if a bank or financial institution lends money, it lets someone have it on condition that they pay it back later, often gradually, with an additional amount as interest
::The government is trying to encourage the banks to lend more.
lend sth to sb
::A lot of banks are unwilling to lend money to new businesses.
lend sb sth
::The building society agreed to lend us ¡ê60,000.
lend (sb) a hand
to help someone do something, especially something that needs physical effort
::Can you lend me a hand with this?
[T] formal to give a situation, event etc a particular quality
lend sth to sth
::The presence of members of the royal family lent a certain dignity to the ceremony.
lend an ear
to listen to someone, especially in a sympathetic way
::He's always prepared to lend a sympathetic ear.
lend itself to sth
to be suitable for being used in a particular way
::None of her books really lends itself to being made into a film.
lend (your) support (to sth)
to support or help someone
::The government has now lent its support to the campaign.
lend weight/support to sth
to make an opinion or belief seem more likely to be correct
::The police have new evidence which lends weight to their theory.
lend your name to sth
to announce publicly that you support something that someone is trying to do
::The French prime minister has now lent his name to the protest.