Definition of "lending" []

• That lends. (adjective)
• Action of the verb to lend. (noun)
• Present participle of lend. (verb)

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• "On Meet the Press, Paulson again alluded to “excesses” — “excesses building up for sometime in this country” — and elaborated a bit: “bad lending practices, irresponsible borrowing, irresponsible lending…."
• "Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending?"
• "We have taken Emma to countless doctors, and any number of people with letters following their name lending them some authority or knowledge on autism."