I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: after the title of the United States Lend-Lease Act (1941)
: the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause (as the winning of a war) with payment being made by a return of the original items or their use in the common cause or by a similar transfer of other goods and services
lend-lease … will stand forth as the most unselfish and unsordid financial act of any country — Sir Winston Churchill
the two-way lend-lease in ideas — New Republic
II. transitive verb
: to provide by means of lend-lease
have returned most of the naval craft lend-leased them during the war — Christian Science Monitor