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lending

lending

94 1.8
Giving money to someone for a time and expecting it back with extra money added
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛndɪŋ/
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  • Standards of lending were progressively tightened, so that credit became scarcer and more expensive.
  • bank lending
  • lending institutions
  • international lending

And scenario three, lending money to family?

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Examples

  • Bank of America has made more money lending people money to buy a house.

  • Overnight, the banks just stopped lending and I thought, have they done something wrong?

  • Yet at the same time, look, lending activity picked up further.

  • Amazon has their lending program for Prime members.

  • I'm not in the lending business.

  • By far, attention has focused most on the World Bank, which is reforming its lending programs.

    Academic text (1994)
  • As uncertainty has grown, many banks have restricted lending... credit markets have frozen... and families and businesses have found it harder to borrow money.

  • The G-7 called for private creditors to continue lending to emerging markets during economic stress.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Just as generous credit stimulated growth, tighter lending standards are restraining it.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The act of lending large sums of money to individuals or businesses can significantly impact the economy.

Synonyms

loaning
vslending
1 2.8

Giving money or things to someone and expecting them to pay it back, often with interest

matches this act exactly and is used interchangeably in many contexts
moneylending
vslending
3.5

Business of giving money to people and charging interest

is broader, covering noncommercial acts and property as well as money

Compounds

lending institution
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A bank or company that gives money to people and businesses to pay back

A place where you borrow books to take home for a short time

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loansharking
  • NSFW
1 8.2
usury
  • Specialized
10 9.8
high-interest
12 4.2
lending
94 1.8

Surface Forms

lending singular
lendings plural

Morphology

lending = lend (transparent) = lend + ing

A standard event noun formed by the verb 'lend' plus the productive nominalizing suffix '-ing', so the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

The word lending comes from the old verb lend, which meant 'to allow someone to use something for a time' and is closely related to the common word loan. So, lending means giving money or something now with the idea that it will be returned later.