lent

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Lent is the past tense and past participle of lend.

To lend is to give something temporarily with the expectation of return, or to provide money at interest: I lent him my car for the weekend, The bank lent us the money for the house.

Lend also means to contribute a quality: Her presence lent credibility to the project. (Capitalized Lent is the Christian season before Easter.)

loan

borrowed

Taken for temporary use

creditor · borrower · return · due · temporary · entrusted · loaned · advanced · extended · furnished

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Opposites
direction of temporary transfer

lentborrowed

Taken for temporary use

obtained

permanence of transfer

lentgave

Transferred possession freely

donated · gave away · gifted · bequeathed · sold

completion status

lentreclaimed

Taken back; salvaged

got back · recovered · repaid · returned

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