lending

See also: -lending

English

Noun

lending (countable and uncountable, plural lendings)

1. The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
   • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

     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.

Derived terms

• floor plan lending
• lending hand
• lending library
• peer-to-peer lending
• securities lending
• stock lending

 

Verb

lending

1. present participle and gerund of lend

Anagrams

• eldning, endling

Icelandic

Etymology

From lenda (“to land”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛntiŋk/

Noun

lending f (genitive singular lendingar, nominative plural lendingar)

1. landing, arrival

Declension

declension of lending

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lending	lendingin	lendingar	lendingarnar
accusative	lendingu	lendinguna	lendingar	lendingarnar
dative	lendingu	lendingunni	lendingum	lendingunum
genitive	lendingar	lendingarinnar	lendinga	lendinganna