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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

With confidence

Hi

"The bank can lend with confidence to its customers."

I assume that this means "the bank can confidently lend money to its customers," but I also wonder if this has another meaning: "the bank can trust its customers in lending money to them." Which is close to the original sentense?

Thanks in advance.
  

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It's impossible to say without knowing more about the context (specifically, whether the topic is the bank's internal financial strength and confidence or its customers' creditworthiness).

— Mr Wordy

  • It's impossible to say without knowing more about the context (specifically, whether the topic is the bank's internal financial strength and confidence or its customers' creditworthiness).
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It's impossible to say without knowing more about the context (specifically, whether the topic is the bank's internal financial strength and confidence or its customers' creditworthiness).
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Hi,

The bank can lend with confidence to its customers."

I assume that this means "the bank can confidently lend money to its customers,"

Yes, but it tells us nothing about why the bank is confident.

but I also wonder if this has another meaning: "the bank can trust its customers in lending money to them." This is possible, but you are just guessing that is w
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Thank you, guys!

I'm happy to get answers from you.

I'll check the context once again.

Lex
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Anonymous "The bank can lend with confidence to its customers."
In the US, people are generally PO'd because the taxpayers bailed out the banks, and now the banks have tightened up credit and are holding on to the money.
With business so bad, the only way the banks can lend with confidence is if the government guarantees the loans.
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