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(v)
(transitive) To lift; to raise.
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To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
(transitive) To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
(n)
The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
(usually ditransitive, US, dated and occasionally proscribed in UK, informal) To lend (something) to (someone).
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
To utilize or employ.
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
(intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
(ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.
(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
(intransitive) To step or walk (on or across something); to trample.
To show mercy, to have mercy on.
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
To start, begin.
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
(transitive) To get.
(adj)
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
A conical peg or pin used to close and open the hole or vent in a container.
(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
(US, British, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
(formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
A formal request for something.
(dialect) Pronunciation spelling of borrow. [To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.]
To loan out something that has been borrowed.
(idiomatic, transitive) to lease, let; to allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent
(law, real estate) A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
(informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
An instance of pawning something.
sequestration; separation
(Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
(US, transitive) Alternative form of hold to ransom. [(UK, transitive) To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.]
(Canada, US) The system of accepting a deposit and holding for a customer to complete purchase.
(transitive) To pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money.
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
(transitive) To rent to a third person something that one is renting from another.
(law, finance) To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
(transitive) Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
(transitive) To do or say again (and again).
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
A cry or shout.
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
A restraint; a device or part of a device that operates to restrain.
replevin
One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
A solemn promise to do something.
(idiomatic, informal) To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.
(UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
(often in the phrase 'bags of') A large quantity.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
A grasp or grip.
(law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
Alternative form of lease (to glean, or pick up grain) [(transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.]
(countable) That which binds or ties.
A place in which impounded things are stored.
Alternative spelling of loan shark. [Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally.]
To remove a bonding agent such as glue, or to free from such a bonding
(property law, real estate, informal) Synonym of sublease.
A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
(intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.