Give for a bit

The answer

LEND

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEND answer page.

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LOANOUT (2 uses in xd)
• LENDTO (1 uses in xd)
• LOAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEND

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEND, most used first.

• Give temporarily - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Impart - used 90 times, most recently in 2024
• Advance - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Give for a while - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Give for a time - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnish - used 31 times, most recently in 2017
• Extend credit - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Allow to borrow - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Loan - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• What libraries do - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Allow to use - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Provide temporarily - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Give, but expect back - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ a hand (help out) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Advance, as money - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ a hand - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Front the money - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Give to a borrower - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Let borrow - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Loan out - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Libraries do it - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Afford. - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Supply on credit - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Contribute - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Emulate Shylock - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Ignore Polonius' advice - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ me your ears" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Supply temporarily - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Advance on credit - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Expect back - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Furnish for a time - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Give conditionally - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make advances - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Tiny bit - IOTA, used 286 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• Give up - CEDE, used 268 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times

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