lending

lend / lend / v ( pt, pp lent / lent /)

၁။ ~ sth (to sb) (က) ငှားသည်။ ချေးသည်။ Can you lend me $ 5? I’ll pay you back tomorrow. ❍ I lent that video to John but he never gave it back. ❍ Lend me your pen a minute, will you?
(ခ) ချေးသည်။ The banks are now lending money at competitive rates of interest. Compare BORROW
၂။ (က) ~ sth (to sth) အားဖြည့်ပေးသည်။
His presence lent the occasion some dignity. ❍ A little garlic lends flavour to a sauce.
(ခ) ~ sth to sth (fml ) (ယုံကြည်မှုရှိစေရန်၊ လေးနက်စေရန်စသည်အတွက်) အထောက်အကူပြုသည်။ lend credibility / credence / weight / significance / substance to a story ❍ This news lends support to earlier ruwmours of a ceasefire.
❏ lend an ear (to sb/sth) [IDM ] နားစိုက်ထောင်သည်။
❏ lender n (finance ) ငွေထုတ်ချေးသူ။ Seek help from your mortgage lender before you get too far behind with the payments. Compare BORROWER See also MONEYLENDER
❏ lend (sb) a (helping) hand (with sth) [IDM ] ကူညီ သည်။ I went over to see if I could lend a hand.
❏ lending n [U] (finance ) ငွေချေးခြင်း။ ငွေချေးလုပ်ငန်း။ lending institutions. ❍ Lending by banks and building societies rose by £ 4.9 billion last year.
❏ lending library n (အထူးသဖြင့် အခလွတ်) ငှားသော စာကြည့်တိုက်။
❏ lend one’s name to sth [IDM ] (fml ) ပါဝင်အားပေး သည်။ She lent her name to many worthy causes.
❏ lend itself to sth [PHRV ] သင့်တော်သည်။ လျော်ကန်သည်။ a novel which lends itself well to dramatization for television.