lending
See also: -lending
English
Noun
lending (countable and uncountable, plural lendings)
- The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
- 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
Derived terms
Verb
lending
- present participle and gerund of lend
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
From lenda (“to land”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛntiŋk/
Noun
lending f (genitive singular lendingar, nominative plural lendingar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lending | lendingin | lendingar | lendingarnar |
| accusative | lendingu | lendinguna | lendingar | lendingarnar |
| dative | lendingu | lendingunni | lendingum | lendingunum |
| genitive | lendingar | lendingarinnar | lendinga | lendinganna |