society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] > lend (a person) money (4)
spec. To grant the possession and use of (money) for a fixed charge; to let out at interest.
With inverted construction: To furnish (a person) with an advance of money.
transitive. To grant the loan of; to lend. Also with out. Also figurative.