lend

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

Loan (permission to borrow (something)).

Noun

1. (UK, dialectal) The lumbar region; loin.
2. (UK, dialectal) The loins; flank; buttocks.

Synonyms

borrow

loan

give

advance

bestow

impart

give a loan

render

add

accommodate

bring

contribute

accommodation

afford

pay

💸

loaning

yield

let

donate

borrowed money

administer

dispense

drive home

dwell

empower

endue

excerpt

extract

fasten

furnish

gift

🎁

go

hand over

have

have got

hold

house

🏠

lay

lie

make

make a present

make up

number

🔢

offer

olla

pass on

place

pray

🛐

present

provide

Translations

prêter

prestare

leihen

prestar

verleihen

lenen

borgen

emprestar

δανείζω

uitlenen

dejar

ausleihen

imprestare

voorschieten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lenen

Inherited from Old English: lǣnan

Cognate with Scots: len

Cognate with Western Frisian: liene

Cognate with Dutch: lenen

Cognate with Danish: låne

Cognate with Swedish: låna

Cognate with Icelandic: lána

Cognate with Icelandic: léna

Cognate with Latin: linquō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: λείπω

Inherited from Middle English: lende

Inherited from Old English: lendenu

Cognate with Scots: lend

Cognate with Dutch: lendenen

Cognate with German: Lenden

Cognate with Swedish: länder

Cognate with Icelandic: lendar

Cognate with Latin: lumbus

Cognate with Polish: lędźwie

Cognate with Russian: ля́двея

In summary

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.