1. Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
   "The bank's lending practices came under scrutiny";
   - loaning

1. Give temporarily; let have for a limited time
   "I will lend you my car";
   - loan
    
2. Provide a particular quality or character
   "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company";
   - impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
    
3. 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"

Derived forms: lendings

Type of: agree, alter, change, check, correspond, disposal, disposition, fit, gibe, give, jibe, marry, marry up, match, modify, square, tally

Antonym: borrow

Encyclopedia: Lending