lending en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
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.
2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lendings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stock lending · lending library · floor plan lending · microlending · moneylending · securities lending · lending hand · crowdlending · peer-to-peer lending