LENDING Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

lending

verb

present participle of lend

as in loaning

to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?

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Recent Examples of lending This measure demonstrates an economy’s spending versus its growth, and the risk associated with lending to a nation that isn’t growing fast enough to handle its spending. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026 Sometimes, lending a sympathetic ear on the phone is awkward because there are no facial expressions to fall back on. —

Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026 Popular YouTube creator IShowSpeed is lending his voice — and high-energy personality — to an anime-style series in the works at Brian Robbins‘ Big Shot Pictures production start-up. —

Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 The contest has been won by Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Padraig Harrington and many other major winners, lending it prestige and a rich history. —

Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Along the way, Goldschmied became one of the industry’s biggest collaborators, lending his expertise to companies across the denim supply chain. —

Sj Staff, Footwear News, 5 Apr. 2026 McClurg also became a familiar voice in animation, lending her talents to The Little Mermaid (1989), A Bug's Life (1998), Cars (2006), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), and Frozen (2013), among many, many others. —

Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 Its interior measures 18 sq m (194 sq ft) and is finished in Scandinavian spruce, which works very well in the small footprint, lending it an almost log-cabin-like feel. —

Adam Williams april 02, New Atlas, 2 Apr. 2026 The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place. —

CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

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During the mid-1980s the nature of panda diplomacy shifted away from gifting pandas to other countries to loaning them.

— Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Much later, Russia found another means of exerting control over the Persian crown, loaning millions of rubles to its rulers, like Mozaffar ed-Din Shah, who reigned from 1896-1902 and needed capital to fund his lavish lifestyle.

— Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026