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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Borrow and lend
What's the different between "borrow" and "lend"? how to define their relative meanings? When do we use borrow and lend, could u stay some examples for me? thank you!
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If I ask a friend to let me use his lawnmower on Saturday, and he is a helpful friend, he will lend me his lawnmower, and I will borrow it from him. The giver lends and the receiver borrows . There is no payment involved unless the item lent and borrowed is Money itself-- then I borrow $5000 from the bank, and the bank lends me $5000-- but I have to pay interest (= money paid for the use of the bank's money).
- If I ask a friend to let me use his lawnmower on Saturday, and he is a helpful friend, he will lend me his lawnmower, and I will borrow it from him.
- The giver lends and the receiver borrows .
- There is no payment involved unless the item lent and borrowed is Money itself-- then I borrow $5000 from the bank, and the bank lends me $5000-- but I have to pay interest (= money paid for the use of the bank's money).
- In any other deal where payment or consideration is given for the use of an item, it is called rental : the giver rents to the receiver, and the receiver rents from the giver.
- -- Lend to Borrow from Rent to/from PS: there is also the word loan , which used to be properly a noun, the name for the item borrowed and lent; however, it is now also acceptable as a verb synonymous with lend .
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If I ask a friend to let me use his lawnmower on Saturday, and he is a helpful friend, he will lend me his lawnmower, and I will borrow it from him.
The giver lends and the receiver borrows. There is no payment involved unless the item lent and borrowed is Money itself-- then I borrow $5000 from the bank, and the bank lends me $
The giver lends and the receiver borrows. There is no payment involved unless the item lent and borrowed is Money itself-- then I borrow $5000 from the bank, and the bank lends me $
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I got that!
So, is it "borrow from" can mean a receiver, " lent to" can mean a giver?
Anyway, thanks!
So, is it "borrow from" can mean a receiver, " lent to" can mean a giver?
Anyway, thanks!
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