Definitions
give temporarily; let have for a limited time
Word origin
From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), 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”).
Used in a sentence
“I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.”
“Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?”
“Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Loan out”4 letters
02“Loan temporarily”4 letters
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