Meanings
plural lendings
- countableuncountableThe action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lend
Synonyms & antonyms
noundisposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Cite this entry
lending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lending
“lending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lending. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lending,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lending.
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