INDEX:
1. to lend something to someone
2. to lend houses, land, machines etc for money
3. a person or organization that lends money
4. money that is lent to someone
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ BORROW
see also
↑ MONEY
↑ GIVE
↑ OWE
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1. to lend something to someone
▷ lend also loan especially American, spoken /lend, ləʊn/ [transitive verb]
to let someone have money which they will pay back later, or let them use something that is yours, which they will give back to you later :
lend/loan somebody something
▪ Can you lend me $20?
▪ I wish I’d never lent him my car.
▪ We loaned him ten bucks, but he never paid it back.
lend/loan something to somebody
▪ Did you lend that book to Mike?
▪ I lent my penknife to someone, but I can’t remember who it was now.
▪ The camera had been loaned to him by his cousin.
▷ let somebody use/let somebody have /ˌlet somebody ˈjuːz, ˌlet somebody ˈhæv/ [verb phrase]
to let someone use something that belongs to you, for a short time, especially something such as a room, a house, or something large or expensive :
▪ Some friends are letting us use their house while they are on vacation.
▪ I asked whether she’d let me use her skis, and she said no.
▪ Jim was going to let me have his car while he’s away, but he’s changed his mind.
▷ be on loan /biː ɒn ˈləʊn/ [verb phrase]
something that is on loan, especially a library book or a painting, has been lent to a person or organization :
▪ Is this your video or is it on loan?
be on loan from
▪ The museum has an exhibition of paintings on loan from the Louvre.
be on loan to
▪ It’s a digital tape recorder, and it’s on loan to me.
be out on loan
▪ If you type in the title, the computer tells you how many copies the library has, and whether they’re out on loan.
▷ give somebody a loan /ˌgɪv somebody ə ˈləʊn/ [verb phrase]
to lend someone some money :
▪ I thought Dad might give me a loan to set me up in business again.
▪ ‘I can’t afford it, it’s too expensive.’ ‘Do you want me to give you a loan?’
▪ The bank wouldn’t give me a loan because they said I had a bad credit rating.
▷ give somebody the use/loan of /ˌgɪv somebody ðə ˈjuːs, ˈləʊn ɒv/ [verb phrase]
to allow someone to use something large such as a house or car, especially for a fixed period of time :
▪ Mohammed’s giving me the use of his office until I can find a place of my own.
▪ We persuaded the manager to give us free loan of the room and equipment for rehearsals.
▪ She was given the use of the church hall to hold the event.
▷ loan a painting/work of art etc /ˌləʊn ə ˈpeɪntɪŋ/ [verb phrase]
to lend a painting, work of art etc to a place where it can be shown to the public :
▪ The gallery is currently exhibiting nine bronze statues loaned by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
loan something to somebody
▪ The Museum of Modern Art has agreed to loan its entire Warhol collection to the exhibition.
▪ According to the agreement, the Monet painting is to be retained in France and loaned to the Musée d'Orsay for a limited period.
loaned from somebody
▪ Visitors will be able to examine original documents loaned from the British Museum.
2. to lend houses, land, machines etc for money
▷ rent out also rent [transitive verb] American /ˌrent ˈaʊt, rent/ [transitive phrasal verb]
to allow someone to use a house, piece of land, vehicle etc that belongs to you, in exchange for money :
▪ We rent cars by the hour, to save you money.
▪ Some caterers will rent equipment and supplies for parties at a reasonable cost.
rent something (out) to somebody
▪ I’m thinking of renting the upstairs rooms to students.
▪ The field at the back of the house is rented out to a local farmer.
rent somebody something
▪ We can rent you a luxury apartment for the duration of your stay.
▪ I’m sorry, I’ve had an accident in the car you rented me this morning.
rent (out) something (to somebody)
▪ Mike raised some cash by renting out the two small workshops to local craftsmen.
▷ lease /liːs/ [transitive verb]
to allow a company, organization etc to use buildings, land, or equipment for a fixed period of time, in exchange for money :
lease something to somebody
▪ The company plans to sell or lease its remaining stores to other supermarkets.
▪ The aircraft had been leased to a Nigerian airline.
lease somebody something
▪ Internet start-ups are being helped by companies willing to lease them Web servers and space.
▷ let British /rent American /let, rent/ [transitive verb]
to allow someone to use a room, house, or office in exchange for money :
let/rent something to somebody
▪ We usually rent our house to someone over the long vacation.
▪ 200,00 sq ft of land was let to a local firm.
let/rent out something
British
▪ We even had to rent out the garage to make ends meet.
▪ The company owns about 170 cottages in Britain, which it lets out to tourists.
let/rent something out
▪ Many residents hoped to rent their houses out during the Games.
To Let British /For Rent
American written on a sign to show that a room, house, or office is empty and can be rented
▪ Nellie’s house had a ‘To Let’ sign in the window.
▷ hire out /ˌhaɪər ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb] British
to allow someone to use something such as a vehicle or clothes for a short period of time, in exchange for money :
hire out something
▪ They were partners in a business which hired out photocopiers.
▪ Do you hire out golf clubs here?
hire something/it/them out
▪ Brooke bought a Rolls Royce and started hiring it out for special occasions.
3. a person or organization that lends money
▷ lender /ˈlendəʳ/ [countable noun]
a person or organization that lends money :
▪ Despite competition from the building societies, banks are still the biggest lenders in Britain.
▪ Mexico has borrowed heavily from private banks, the World Bank, and other international lenders.
▪ Newspaper ads can be helpful in finding the lender with the most favourable interest rates.
mortgage/housing lender
an organization that lends people money to buy a house, flat etc
▪ Prudential is the fourth largest mortgage lender in the US.
▷ creditor /ˈkredɪtəʳ, ˈkredətəʳ/ [countable noun]
a person or business that is owed money by another person or business :
▪ The failed company is currently in talks with its creditors.
▪ He died owing his creditors over $20 million.
▷ loan-shark /ˈləʊn ʃɑːʳk/ [countable noun] informal
a person or small business that lends money, at extremely high interest rates - use this when you disapprove of people who make money in this way :
▪ His father killed himself after getting deeply in debt to a loan-shark.
▪ These loan-sharks target the vulnerable, the people who are least able to pay the money back.
4. money that is lent to someone
▷ loan /ləʊn/ [countable noun]
an amount of money that someone borrows :
▪ The bank offered him a loan of £15,000 to set up a business.
▪ He received hundreds of dollars in loans from the financial institutions.
bank loan
a loan from a bank
▪ a long-term bank loan
personal loan
a loan given to a person for their own use, rather than to a business
▪ Take out a Midland personal loan now and pay the money back in easy stages.
business loan
a loan to help someone start a business
▪ We have a full range of business loans to suit your needs.
student loan
a loan that the government gives to a student while they are at college or university
▪ Failure to repay a student loan can ruin that person’s credit rating.
take out a loan
▪ She survived by taking out a bank loan and working extra hours.
repay a loan
▪ Mexico repaid its US loans through a successful program of economic reform.
loan to
▪ attempts to increase the safety of loans to foreign countries