lend-lease
31lease — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, bareboat charter, burgage, charter, claim, colony, copyhold, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years,… …
32lease-lend — noun the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause lend lease during World War II was extremely generous • Syn: ↑lend lease • Hypernyms: ↑transfer, ↑transference …
33lend — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, accommodate with, add, advance, allow, bestow, borrow, confer, contribute, discount, discount notes, fit, float a loan, furnish, give, impart, lease lend, lend lease, loan, loan shark, negotiate a loan,… …
34lend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. advance, accommodate with, finance; loan; entrust; pawn; lend lease; let, demise, lease, sublet. See debt, commission. Ant., borrow. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a loan] Syn. advance, provide with,… …
35lend — v.tr. (past and past part. lent) 1 (usu. foll. by to) grant (to a person) the use of (a thing) on the understanding that it or its equivalent shall be returned. 2 allow the use of (money) at interest. 3 bestow or contribute (something temporary)… …
36lease — 1 / lēs/ n [Anglo French les, from lesser to grant by lease, from Old French laisser to let go, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 a: a contract by which an owner of property conveys exclusive possession, control, use, or enjoyment… …
37lend — vb lent, lend·ing vt 1: to give for temporary use on condition that the same or its equivalent be returned 2: to let out (money) for temporary use on condition of repayment with interest vi: to make a loan lend·able adj lend·er …
38lend on security — index invest (fund), lease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
39lend — to lose ownership of As in the old proverb He who lends, gives . If you lend someone a match, or a cigarette, you are unwise to expect repayment. In 1941 the British had exhausted their ability to pay for more supplies from neutral… …
40lease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. leasehold; contract. v. t. rent, let, demise; hire. See commission. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rental agreement, permission to rent, charter; see contract , record 1 . • New lease on life, Syn. another… …
