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lending   (TTS Sound)

The noun lending has 1 sense

• lending, loaning -- (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)

The verb lend has 3 senses

• lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring -- (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")


• lend, loan -- (give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money")


• 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")