lending
noun/ˈlendɪŋ/
/ˈlendɪŋ/
[uncountable] (finance)- the act of lending money
- Lending by banks rose to $10 billion last year.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLending is used before these nouns:- institution
- library
- rate
- …
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