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| accommodate |
to lend money to. [1/6 definitions] |
| advance |
to give or lend (money or items of value) in order to support a project or provide assistance, usually with expectation of repayment or profit. [1/14 definitions] |
| bolster |
to encourage or lend support to. [1/4 definitions] |
| discount |
to lend or advance money on (commercial paper payable in the future) with interest deducted in advance. [2/12 definitions] |
| fortify |
to lend support to; confirm. [1/5 definitions] |
| lendable |
combined form of lend. |
| lent |
past tense and past participle of lend. |
| loan |
to lend (money), usu. at a rate of interest. [1/5 definitions] |
| makeover |
changes made to one's appearance, by means of cosmetics, hairstyling, new clothes, and the like, that lend one an improved appearance or new image. [1/2 definitions] |
| redline |
of lenders and insurers, to refuse to lend money or extend insurance to residents of certain neighborhoods, esp. those neighborhoods made up of poor or minority residents. [2 definitions] |
| redlining |
the illegal practice of refusing to lend money or extend insurance to residents of certain neighborhoods, esp. poor or deteriorating ones, or neighborhoods made up primarily or partially of minority residents. |
| relend |
combined form of lend. |
| touch |
(slang) a person, with regard to how easily he or she will lend money. [1/22 definitions] |
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