lending

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lending

noun lendings

  1. countable, uncountable The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend. Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of lend

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Closest in meaning: loan, contribute, impart, bring, bestow, add, loaner, borrower, loaning, borrow, borrowing, creditor, debtor, mortgage, funding, pay

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@misc{lending_2026,
  title = {lending},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lending},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}