lending

prêt, octroi de prêts

Action de laisser quelqu’un utiliser quelque chose temporairement, notamment de l’argent qu’il devra rendre.

En anglais simple : Letting someone use something for a time, often money that they must pay back.

• The bank has increased its lending.
• Our library offers free lending of books.
• New rules limit lending to people with large debts.

Comment l'utiliser : lending to someone (The bank has reduced lending to small businesses.); lending of something (The library allows the lending of books for three weeks.)

Synonymes : loaning

Contraires : borrowing

Expressions courantes : bank lending, lending money, lending library