as in lending
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
can you loan me your lawn mower this weekend?
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Recent Examples of loaning
Later, in the parking lot, it is shown not to be him but another gambler who landed flat on a car, dead, with his wife hysterically blaming Dao Ming for loaning him money to continue his habit.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
After loaning Marcus Rashford to Barcelona, the club brought in forwards Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, several other nearby school districts came to the rescue, loaning buses to allow the older students to resume school for the rest of the week.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, Red Bull Salzburg won the race to sign him, bringing him inside the Red Bull network for the first time, before loaning him to FC Liefering, their development club in the Austrian 2.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
After loaning Marcus Rashford to Barcelona, the club brought in forwards Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, several other nearby school districts came to the rescue, loaning buses to allow the older students to resume school for the rest of the week.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, Red Bull Salzburg won the race to sign him, bringing him inside the Red Bull network for the first time, before loaning him to FC Liefering, their development club in the Austrian 2.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaning
lending
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After both shows ended in 2014, Meyer focused on voice acting, lending his talents to SuperMansion (2015–2017), and Crossing Swords (2020).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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Samano has worked as a spa director for close to two decades, lending her expertise to iconic institutions from The Beverly Hills Hotel to The Ritz-Carlton.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Loaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaning. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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