lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
is lending
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present progressiveof lend (3rd person singular).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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But now, Grouzes is lending them out like library books—and fending off a flood of offers to buy them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The bread and butter of a direct lender like Ares Capital is lending to companies acquired by private-equity firms.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Zachs is lending the work to the National Galleries of Scotland where it will be free to see until July, when it will transfer to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Ayr.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
This year, there’s at least one more curious addition to the lineup of sponsors — Bush’s Beans, which is lending its name to the Boca Raton Bowl in the Florida city of the same name.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
That is to say, the bank is lending him his own money at five per cent.—a truly Hibernian trait, which it would be difficult to beat anywhere.
From The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
