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lend collapse: give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money"; bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"; have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to; "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

mortgagee collapse: the person who accepts a mortgage; "the bank became our mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home"

literally collapse: (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration; "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"; in a literal sense; "literally translated"; "he said so literally"

pawnbroker collapse: a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security

banker collapse: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game; someone who owns or is an executive in a bank

accommodation collapse: (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye; the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need; living quarters provided for public convenience; "overnight accommodations are available"; in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality; a settlement of differences; "they reached an accommodation with Japan"

oath collapse: a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury; a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of allegiance"

acquaint collapse: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

squarely collapse: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"; firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"; in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"; directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"; in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"

neologism collapse: the act of inventing a word or phrase; a newly invented word or phrase

strictly collapse: restricted to something; "we talked strictly business"; in a stringent manner; "the laws are stringently enforced"; "stringently controlled"

pawn collapse: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan; (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank; an article deposited as security; leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

familiarize collapse: make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"