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 There is an old rule in lending that a name on the door is worth less than a claim on the cash. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Unlike many symmetrical cuts, the pear shape has a distinctive sense of direction, creating movement and lending a stronger visual identity. —

Amanda Le, InStyle, 17 June 2026 Herrmann turned to voice work in his final years, lending his vocals to American Dad! —

Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026 Check-in and check-out are contactless, lending a sense of privacy to your Kansas City stay. —

Midwest Living, 15 June 2026 Kelsey Grammer joined Hanks and Allen in the sequel, lending his voice for the role of Stinky Pete. —

Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Guerrero Flores was charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists in crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced in December. —

Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 The contrast is effortlessly chic, lending itself perfectly to Saturday brunch or sunset spritzes. —

Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 12 June 2026 Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits are lending their voices to the Skydance Animation, which is set in a gigantic city called Metropia in an alternate future as seen from 1939. —

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 June 2026

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Everton have an option in place to buy him after loaning him in January and that still remains a possibility, but there are other clubs keen too.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Tatler reported that this piece was given to then-Princess Elizabeth for her 1947 wedding to Prince Philip, but the monarch never wore that tiara in public, loaning it instead to her only daughter.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 May 2026