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Owing vs Lend - What's the difference?

owing | lend |

As verbs the difference between owing and lend

is that owing is present participle of lang=en while lend is to allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

As an adjective owing

is still to be paid; owed as a debt.

As a noun lend is

the lumbar region; loin.

owing

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Still to be paid; owed as a debt.
  • These seven subscriptions remain owing .

    Verb

    (head)
  • See also

    * owing to

    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)
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  • 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