Lend
Lend verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.
Pay
Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A flashback shows that when an enemy tried to extort King Riku for a ridiculous amount of money, Riku proceeded to beg his subjects to lend him all their money to pay it off.
Source: 100% Adoration Rating -
The lender will lend his money at first, but some time in the future force the borrower to pay back more.
Source: Deal with the Devil -
The narrator of Mutiny on the Bounty writes of "...sharp-faced Jews, in their wherries, hovered alongside, eager to lend money at interest against pay day, or to sell on credit the worthless trinkets on their trays."
Source: Greedy Jew
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