| lend | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ factor | be a contributing factor.; "make things factor into a company's profitability" |
| ~ instill, transfuse | impart gradually.; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" |
| ~ tinsel | impart a cheap brightness to.; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" |
| ~ throw in | add as an extra or as a gratuity. |
| v. (possession) | 2. lend, loan | give temporarily; let have for a limited time.; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ hire out, rent out, farm out | grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee.; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook" |
| ~ trust | extend credit to.; "don't trust my ex-wife; I won't pay her debts anymore" |
| ~ advance | pay in advance.; "Can you advance me some money?" |
| v. (stative) | 3. lend | have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to.; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| loan | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
| ~ bank loan | a loan made by a bank; to be repaid with interest on or before a fixed date. |
| ~ equity credit line, home equity credit, home equity loan, home loan | a loan secured by equity value in the borrower's home. |
| ~ installment credit, installment loan | a loan repaid with interest in equal periodic payments. |
| ~ debt | money or goods or services owed by one person to another. |
| ~ call loan, demand loan | a loan that is repayable on demand. |
| ~ direct loan | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party; direct lending gives the lender greater discretion in making loans. |
| ~ loan participation, participation financing, participation loan | a loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them alone. |
| ~ consumer loan, personal loan | a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use; usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay. |
| ~ point | one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan. |
| ~ mortgage loan, real estate loan | a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage. |
| ~ time loan | a loan that is payable on or before a specified date. |
| ~ principal | the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated. |
| n. (communication) | 2. loan, loanword | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English. |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ latinism | a word or phrase borrowed from Latin. |
| ~ gallicism | a word or phrase borrowed from French. |
| borrow | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. borrow | get temporarily.; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| v. (possession) | 2. adopt, borrow, take over, take up | take up and practice as one's own. |
| ~ accept, take, have | receive willingly something given or offered.; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
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