Lend and Pay

Lend

Lend verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.

Pay and lend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pay" instead a verb "Lend".

Nearby Words: Lent, lending, lender

Pay

Pay verb - To give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received.

Lend and pay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lend" instead a verb "Pay".

Nearby Words: payment, paid, paying, payable, payout

Common collocations

support lend support pay support
amount lend amount pay amount
time lend time pay time
money lend money pay money
Other words: bit, costs.

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.
  • Deal with the Devil The lender will lend his money at first, but some time in the future force the borrower to pay back more.
  • Greedy Jew 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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