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Lent vs Leno - What's the difference?

lent | leno |

As a proper noun lent

is period of penitence for christians before easter.

As a noun leno is

(estate) feud.

lent

English

Verb

(head)
  • (lend)
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    lend

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from (etyl) lendenu, .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland) * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The lumbar region; loin.
  • The loins; flank; buttocks.
  • Etymology 2

    From earlier len (with excrescent -d'', as in . See also (l).

    Verb

  • To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be ed.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=71, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= End of the peer show , passage=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 .}}
  • To make a loan.
  • (reflexive) To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
  • To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
  • Can you lend me some assistance?
    The famous director lent his name to the new film.
  • * Addison
  • Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
  • * J. A. Symonds
  • Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.
  • (proscribed) To borrow.
  • Antonyms
    * borrow
    Derived terms
    * lend to believe * have a lend
    See also
    * give back * lender * loan * pay back

    leno

    English

    Noun

  • (textiles) A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
  • Synonyms

    * (type of weave) gauze weave

    Anagrams

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