lend-lease

noun

ˈlend-ˈlēs 

: the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause with payment made by a return of the original items or their use in the cause or by a similar transfer of other goods and services

lend-lease transitive verb

Examples of lend-lease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Representative Joe Wilson, a Republican from South Carolina, has proposed reauthorizing a lend-lease agreement to provide Ukraine with weapons. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025

This food amounted to over 13 percent of total lend-lease tonnage. — Carlisle Ford Runge, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2022

Word History

Etymology

U.S. Lend-Lease Act (1941)

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lend-lease

• apiece
• aris
• assise
• caprice
• cerise
• decease
• decrease
• eyepiece
• facepiece
• handpiece
• headpiece
• increase