lenders

[lend] Origin

lend

[lend] verb, lent, lend·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to grant the use of (something) on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
2.
to give (money) on condition that it is returned and that interest is paid for its temporary use.
3.
to give or contribute obligingly or helpfully: to lend one's aid to a cause.
4.
to adapt (oneself or itself) to something: The building should lend itself to inexpensive remodeling.
5.
to furnish or impart: Distance lends enchantment to the view.
verb (used without object)
6.
to make a loan.

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Lenders is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
7.
lend a hand, to give help; aid: If everyone lends a hand, we can have dinner ready in half an hour.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English lenden, variant (orig. past tense) of lenen, Old English lǣnan (cognate with Dutch lenen, German lehnen, Old Norse lāna), derivative of lǣn loan; cognate with German Lehnen, Old Norse lān. See loan1

lend·er, noun
in·ter·lend, verb, -lent, -lend·ing.
o·ver·lend, verb, -lent, -lend·ing.
re·lend, verb (used with object), -lent, -lend·ing.

1. borrow, lend, loan (see usage note at loan1); 2. lend, loan.
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lend
O.E. lænan "to lend," from læn "loan" (see loan). Cognate with Du. lenen, O.H.G. lehanon, Ger. lehnen, also verbs derived from nouns. Past tense form, with terminal -d, became principal form in M.E. on analogy of bend, send, etc.
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