Definition of Lend-lease

1. Noun. The transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause. "Lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous"

Exact synonyms: Lease-lend
Generic synonyms: Transfer, Transference

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lend-lease

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lemurians
lemurid
lemuridae
lemurids
lemurine
lemurines
lemurlike
lemuroid
lemuroidea
lemuroids
lemurs
lenaite
lenalidomide
lend
lend-lease (current term)
lend a hand
lend a helping hand
lend an ear
lend itself to
lend oneself
lendable
lende
lended
lendee
lendees
lender
lenders
lendeth
lending

Literary usage of Lend-lease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1939-1940 by David Reynolds (1983)
"The Origins of Lend-Lease: Lothian's Vindication Autumn 1940 marked a lull both in the war and in Anglo-American diplomacy. By October it seemed unlikely ..."

2. In Danger Undaunted: The Anti-Interventionist Movement of 1940-1941 As by Justus D. Doenecke (1990)
"The most ardent supporter of aid-short-of-war must pause and take heed when a review of the past six months discloses that the Lend-Lease law, as applied by ..."

3. American Neutrality in the 20th Century: The Impossible Dream by John N. Petrie (1996)
"11 Prime Minister Churchill believed the Lend-Lease agreement and the cooperation between naval forces placed the United States very close to war with the ..."

4. A Life of Books: The Story of D.W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd., 1921-1987 by Joyce Nicholson, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe (2000)
"The conference was arranged in a few days, not just with the Lend-Lease section which dealt with paper, but with the committee of three head men who were ..."

5. The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Ch'en Li-fu, 1900-1993 by Li-Fu Ch'en, Hsu-hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers (1994)
"From March 11, 1941, to September 30, 1946, the total Lend-Lease was ... 109- 18; on Lend-Lease agreements with China, see Charles I. Bevans, comp., ..."

6. Power, Competition, and the State by Keith Middlemas (1986)
"Early in 1944, however, Keynes decided that there was no choice but to play along with the United States, and if Lend-Lease ran out. to borrow even though ..."

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