lend
verb (used with object)
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
lender
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a word derived from
lend.
Example Sentences
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For the last 19 years, student-loan lender Sallie Mae has commissioned a study on how families marshal all the economic forces at their disposal to pay for college.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jim Zelter, president of Apollo, a lender which manages more than $800 million in assets, said: "Modern compute has emerged as a scarce, mission-critical asset class."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Strict lender formulas limit how much a fund can borrow against its investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The lender restated its year-earlier figures to include the results from Mediobanca, which it bought last year, in the period before the acquisition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
On April 2, the nation’s largest subprime mortgage lender, New Century, was swamped by defaults and filed for bankruptcy.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
