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lendable

American  
[len-duh-buhl] / ˈlɛn də bəl /

adjective

  1. reserved or at hand for purposes of lending.

    lendable stock; lendable money.


Etymology

Origin of lendable

First recorded in 1605–15; lend + -able

Example Sentences

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Soon the banks were flush with lendable funds.

From The Guardian May 8, 2013

Short sellers have borrowed 82 percent of the company’s lendable supply, meaning there’s limited equity available for short sellers to bet against.

From BusinessWeek Jun. 3, 2011

Short sellers have borrowed 82 percent of the company’s lendable supply, meaning there is limited equity available for short sellers to bet against.

From BusinessWeek Jun. 3, 2011

However, the scalability we wonder about is whether a large portion of books will be made lendable by publishers.

From Forbes Mar. 2, 2011

The lendable money among them is chiefly that of orphans and wards in the hands of executors and guardians, and that which the farmer lays by till he has enough for the purchase in view.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

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