LENDING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

Synonyms:

lending; loaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lending" is a kind of...):

disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lending"):

usury (the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest)

-ing form of the verb lend