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lending
This term operates primarily within financial and legal registers, carrying a formal tone associated with banking, credit, and debt management. It describes the systemic process of transferring capital, contrasting with borrowing, which focuses on the recipient's perspective. In professional contexts, it often appears in compound terms to specify the type of credit being extended.
As a noun, the word is typically used as an uncountable mass noun when referring to the general activity or industry of providing loans. It does not usually take a plural form in this sense, as it describes a conceptual business function rather than individual transactions.
Meanings
Examples
The bank is tightening its lending criteria to reduce risk.
Peer to peer lending has become a popular alternative to traditional banks.
Peer to peer lending has become a popular alternative to traditional banks.
I wonder if the library has a lending policy for rare manuscripts.
The company operates as a non banking lending institution.
The company operates as a non banking lending institution.
Could you help me with the lending paperwork for the new project?
The government increased lending to small businesses to stimulate the economy.
He is a lending specialist at the local credit union.
The terms of the lending agreement were far too strict for us.