lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
have been lending
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present perfect progressiveof lend.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Profits across all their lines of business have been hit by years of anaemic economic growth; America’s banks have been lending in a more buoyant environment.
From Economist ● Oct. 15, 2015
Banks have been lending hand over fist to companies in the nation’s energy industry, underwriting bonds, advising on mergers, even financing the building of homes for oil workers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2015
But it turns out that a number of small, private rescue funds have been lending a hand to a group that is definitely not in the too-big-to-fail camp: writers, artists and other creative types.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2012
In a way they have been lending their validity to religion, at least in the eyes of secularized society.
From Time Magazine Archive
She may have been lending Fleming money, for one thing.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
