lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
are lending
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present progressiveof lend.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Instead banks are lending to inefficient state-owned enterprises and investment pools linked to local governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“In a perfect world,” Velis said, the SRF would be the shock absorber, where you are lending against good collateral to banks at the auction rate.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
Banks are lending vast sums to companies that also provide financial services—but aren’t banks in name or in how they are regulated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants are lending new meaning to the divisional round of the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
They are making a close study of the resources, industries, and social needs of typical sections of their States, and are lending new life to the effort to make the schools more directly serviceable.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
