Direct
Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.
Lend
Lend verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Games which require extra charges for all the content, or those which allow direct conversion of currency to in-game potency, can lend themselves to creating these (nicknamed "whales") when ego matches personal finances and balance is not a major concern on the developer's part.
Source: Ultimate Gamer 386 -
Most of this was through Lend-Lease, but some very specific examples of direct assistance in the Liberty Ships, the Eagle Squadrons in Britain, and the American Volunteer Group (famously, the Flying Tigers) in China.
Source: You Are Not Alone
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Lend and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/lend
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Lend or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/lend.
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