lend

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
2. To make a loan.
3. To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
4. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
5. To borrow.

borrow

loan

give a loan

yield

borrowed money

endue

make a present

lend money

Συχνότητα

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/lɛnd/

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.