Antonyms for lending

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lend

Phonetic Transcription : lɛnd

Definition of lending

Origin : late 14c., from Old English lænan "to lend," from læn "loan" (see loan). Cognate with Dutch lenen, Old High German lehanon, German lehnen, also verbs derived from nouns. Past tense form, with terminal -d, became the principal form in Middle English on analogy of bend, send, etc.

verb loan, accommodate

Example sentences :

Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

This would be true if we gave you the milliards instead of lending them.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

They were assembled for their own protection, and could not endanger themselves by lending any aid to him.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

The latter did grumble a bit, but ended by lending him two five-franc pieces.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

You have been lending money on usury too, and on a bad security.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

He kept them faithful to him by lending them money—at ruinous interest.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

He looked through the glass and gave it, and was good, too, about lending the glass.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

I hadn't been more than a minute in the cabin after lending a hand to shorten sail.
Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman

But I'm afraid that he wouldn't feel like lending it to you.
Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

He did nor realize that Alfred was lending help to his efforts.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Synonyms for lending

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