lease-lend

9.9

Government sends military supplies to an allied country during a war to help it

noun
/ˈliːsˌlɛnd/

Formal

: préstamo de arrendamiento

Under the lease-lend agreement, military supplies were sent to nations fighting the Axis powers.

Examples

The United States implemented lease-lend to support its allies during World War II.
The lease-lend policy had a significant impact on the outcome of the war.
The lease-lend program was crucial during World War II.
Many countries benefited from the lease-lend agreement.
The lease-lend program allowed the U.S. to provide vital supplies to its allies in World War II.
During World War II, the lease-lend policy enabled Britain to receive military equipment from America.
The government enacted the lease-lend act to support nations opposing the Axis powers in the war.

Synonyms

foreign aid

vslease-lend

43 2.8

Help, often money, that one country gives another to help it grow or recover

focuses on transfers to support a common wartime cause rather than general recovery

lend-lease

vslease-lend

Archaic

8.1

Sending weapons and supplies from one country to an ally during war without payment right away

is an official government policy used notably during World War II

Surface Forms

lease-lend singular

lease-lends plural

Morphology

lease-lend = lease + lend (semi-transparent) = lease + lend

The parts 'lease' and 'lend' are individually transparent, but the hyphenated compound refers to a specific historical government program and proper name, so the full meaning is specialized and not wholly inferable by an average learner.

Etymology

The word lease-lend comes from joining the two simple words lend and lease, where lend means 'to give for a short time' and lease means 'to rent for a time'. It was used for the World War II program of sending supplies to allied countries without selling them, so the name shows the idea of giving or renting goods to help an ally.