Onlend
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To loan out something that has been borrowed.
"A country which has experimented with this approach in recent years is Sri Lanka (Sanderatne 1989) where NGOs not only borrow and onlend directly but also give guarantees to the banks (although these are kept hidden from borrowers) or sometimes merely their "approval" to a loan, and assist in its recovery."
Example
More examples"A country which has experimented with this approach in recent years is Sri Lanka (Sanderatne 1989) where NGOs not only borrow and onlend directly but also give guarantees to the banks (although these are kept hidden from borrowers) or sometimes merely their "approval" to a loan, and assist in its recovery."
Etymology
From on- + lend.
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