lend betydelse and definition

Betydelse av lend på svenska

• 0 to give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back:

  • She doesn't like lending her books.

  • [ + two objects ] If you need a coat I can lend you one/lend one to you.

  • The bank refuses to lend to students.

  • [ + two objects ] The bank agreed to lend him $5,000.

• 1 If something lends a particular quality to something else, it adds that quality to it:

  • [ + two objects ] Vases of flowers all around the room lent the place a cheerful look/lent a cheerful look to the place.

  • formal These events lend support to the view that the law is inadequate.

• 2 If something lends itself to something else, it is suitable for that thing or can be considered in that way:

  • The novel's complex, imaginative style does not lend itself to translation.

• 3 to give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back:

  • Can you lend me a few dollars till payday?

• 4 if a bank or other financial organization lends money to someone, it gives them money for a period of time which they then pay back with interest:

  • Britain's building societies chiefly lend money for house purchase.

  • lend $5,000/£2bn/€1m, etc. to sb The Ohio Development Financing Advisory Council agreed to lend $20 million to the Port Authority.

  • lend sb $5,000/£2bn/€1m, etc. A number of prominent businessmen are rumoured to have lent the Party over £20 million.

  • lend to sb/sth Banks have been heavily criticized for lending to people who cannot afford the repayments.

• 5 to give someone something for a period of time, after which they will give it back to you:

  • lend sb sth Can you lend me $20?

  • lend sth to sb Her tasks included persuading stores to offer discounts or lend clothes on approval to her boss.

• 6 to give something a quality that makes it better in some way:

  • lend sth to sth We hope that these measures will lend stability to the economy.

  • lend weight (to sth) February's trade figures lend weight to the Fund's less cheerful view.

  • lend credence/credibility (to sth) Other evidence helped lend credibility to their claims.

• 7 to do something that helps a company or person:

  • The Federal Reserve is expected to lend a hand by continuing to cut interest rates forcefully.

• 8 to support someone or something:

  • I have lent my support to his plan for a private referendum.