Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Lending
Lending noun - Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
Both words in one sentence
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You Keep Using That Word: The main element cards are just the element with "y," lending itself to some odd Gratuitous English.
Source: Manga / Card Captor Sakura -
Played straightest in the Chuck arc; their father is so nice that he makes a poor businessman, lending out too much credit, while Duthbert Mortmain, in all his cruelty, is able to keep the failing store in the black.
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Eiichirou from Baby Steps eats from both sides of his lunch box to keep the sides even, freaks out over the possibility of his food touching, and takes two sets of notes in class: a pristine "master" copy, and a second that he doesn't mind lending out to his less tidy classmates.
Source: Neat Freak
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