lending (Noun) — Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.
lending (Verb) — Provide a particular quality or character. ex. "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
lending (Verb) — Give temporarily; let have for a limited time. ex. "I will lend you my car"
lending (Verb) — Have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to. ex. "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television" ex. "The current system lends itself to great abuse"