borrow - lend

borrow - lend
If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it, with or without their permission, intending to return it.

Could I borrow your car?

I have borrowed my father's wire-cutters from the tool shed.

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If you lend something you own to someone else, you allow them to have it or use it for a period of time.

I often lend her money.

One of the grandest paintings in England has been lent to the National Gallery.

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Note that you do not normally talk about borrowing or lending things that cannot move. You do not say, for example, `Can I borrow your garage next week?' You say `Can I use your garage next week?'

He wants to use the phone.

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Similarly, you do not usually say `He lent me his office'. You say `He let me use his office'.

She brought them thermoses of coffee and let them use her bath.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • borrow / lend / loan —    Borrow is to receive something from someone temporarily: to borrow a book and then return it.    Lend is a verb that mean to temporarily give something to someone : Henry will lend (or loan) Francine a book.    Loan is a noun: a bank loan.… …   Confused words

  • lend / loan / borrow —    Lend is a verb that mean to temporarily give something to someone : Lucy will lend or loan Chuck her books any day.    A loan is a noun meaning something borrowed: Most people get a bank loan to buy a house. Loan is also used in American… …   Confused words

  • lend / loan / borrow —    Lend is a verb that mean to temporarily give something to someone : Lucy will lend or loan Chuck her books any day.    A loan is a noun meaning something borrowed: Most people get a bank loan to buy a house. Loan is also used in American… …   Confused words

  • lend — W3S3 [lend] v past tense and past participle lent [lent] [: Old English; Origin: lAnan, from lAn; LOAN1] 1.) a) [T] to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time →↑borrow lend sth to sb ▪ I lent my CD p …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • borrow — [bär′ō, bôr′ō] vt., vi. [ME borwen < OE borgian, to borrow, lend, be surety for, akin to beorgan, to protect & BOROUGH] 1. to take or receive (something) with the understanding that one will return it or an equivalent 2. to adopt or take over… …   English World dictionary

  • borrow — verb (I, T) 1 to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later: Can I borrow your pen for a minute? | borrow sth from sb BrE: You are allowed to borrow 6 books from the library at a time. | borrow heavily… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • borrow — borrowable, adj. borrower, n. /bor oh, bawr oh/, v.t. 1. to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower. 2. to use, appropriate, or introduce from another source or from a foreign… …   Universalium

  • borrow — bor•row [[t]ˈbɒr oʊ, ˈbɔr oʊ[/t]] v. t. 1) to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: to borrow a pencil[/ex] 2) to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow a word from… …   From formal English to slang

  • lend — /lend/ verb past tense and past participle lent /lent/ 1 MONEY/CAR/BOOK ETC a) (T) to let someone borrow money from you or use something that you own, which they will give you back later: lend sb sth: I wish I d never lent him my car. | Can you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lend — [ lend ] (past tense and past participle lent [ lent ] ) verb ** 1. ) transitive to give someone something for a short time, expecting that they will give it back to you later. If you lend someone something, they borrow it from you: The local… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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