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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] |
| bookmobile |
a library located in a bus or van. A bookmobile travels from place to place to lend books. |
| 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] |
| lend |
to let someone use something that is yours. When you lend a thing to someone, you expect that person to return it to you. |
| lendable |
combined form of lend. |
| lent |
past tense and past participle of lend. |
| loan |
to lend money that must be paid back with interest. [1/3 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] |
| mortgage |
a written agreement by which an institution, such as a bank, agrees to lend money so you can buy a property. The institution holds a claim to this property until you pay back all the money. |
| 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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