lending money
Extending credit temporarily
Lending money is providing funds to someone with the expectation of repayment, usually with interest.
Banks lend money professionally; individuals lend to friends and family, often more casually.
The phrase emphasizes the transaction itself: She's in the business of lending money, I'm not comfortable lending money to coworkers.
Distinguished from giving by the expectation of return.
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- borrowObtain for temporary use
- pay backReturn money owed
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- debtMoney owed another
bad debt · credit · credit score · repayment · mortgage · second mortgage · balloon payment · collateral · bank · loan officer · principal · installment · usury · loan shark · pawnshop · cosign · default · payday
- money mistakesoverspending, impulse buying, gambling debt, debt spiral, no savings
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- kindnesseskindness, kindnesses, good deeds, generosity, helpfulness
- informal creditIOU, tab, marker, chit, bar tab
- Trust actsconfiding, entrusting, believing, opening up, vulnerability