lend
Give, expecting return
Lend means to give something to someone temporarily, with the expectation of its return.
You lend money, books, or tools to friends; banks lend money to borrowers who pay interest.
The past tense is lent.
Lend extends to non-physical things: lending your name to a cause means associating yourself with it, and something that lends itself to a purpose is well-suited for it.
Can you lend me a hand? asks for temporary help.
Obtain for temporary use
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- mortgageSecured home loan
- debtMoney owed another
collateral · repayment · principal · creditor · debtor · borrower · default · amortization
Assistance given
- aidSupport given freely
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- handGrasping body part
- contributeGive to a collective
facilitate · enable · boost · collaborate · cooperate · assist · sustain · pitch in
Trust held as true
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- validityQuality of being sound
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
credibility · legitimacy · substance · trust · acceptance · believability · authenticity
borrow
Obtain for temporary use
debt · collateral · repayment · principal · creditor · debtor · borrower · default · amortization · refinance
borrow
Obtain for temporary use
share · spare · lease · let · hire · rental · loaner · library · duration
give
To transfer possession
confer · contribute · imbue · infuse · provide · supply · convey · grant · offer · attribute
help
Assistance given
contribute · facilitate · enable · boost · collaborate · cooperate · assist · sustain · pitch in · favor
belief
Trust held as true
plausibility · credibility · legitimacy · substance · trust · acceptance · believability · authenticity
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- loansborrow, borrower, microloan, mortgages, borrowing
- money verbsdeposit, withdraw, transfer, spend, save
- contributecontribute, donate, give, chip in, pitch in
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- transfer verbsgive, pass, send, share, hand
- lend a handOffer assistance to someone
- lending a handProviding assistance to another
- lent a handProvided voluntary assistance
- lend an earListen with sympathy
- lend a helping handVolunteer one's assistance
- lending an earListening attentively to someone
lent, relent, lender, lending, lends, lenders, relenting, relented, lendable