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  2. Lent - Wikipedia

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    Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, [1] 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.

  3. Usury - Wikipedia

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    On those grounds, making a loan with anticipated profits (and with required repayment and hence little risk for the lender) is a form of self-service that goes against love of neighbor. Defining "lend" as lending without interest or fee, Luther encourages lending for the purpose of aiding the borrower. [54] [55]

  4. Loanword - Wikipedia

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    The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes from the French noun calque ("tracing; imitation; close copy"); [5] while the word loanword and the phrase loan translation are translated from German nouns Lehnwort [6] and Lehnübersetzung (German: [ˈleːnʔybɐˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ). [7]

  5. Loan shark - Wikipedia

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    A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high or illegal interest rates, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violence or other illegal, aggressive, and extortionate actions when seeking to enforce the satisfaction of the debt. [1]

  6. Lend - Wikipedia

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    Lend may refer to: Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector, see Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; Lend, Austria, a town in the east district of Zell am See in the state of ...

  7. List of loanwords in Malay - Wikipedia

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    The Malay language has many loanwords from Sanskrit, Persian, Tamil, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Dutch, and Chinese languages such as Hokkien.More recently, loans have come from Arabic, English and Malay's sister languages, Javanese and Sundanese.

  8. Lend A Hand Society - Wikipedia

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    Lend A Hand Society (LAH) is a nonprofit organization, founded by the author, philosopher, activist, and minister Edward Everett Hale. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Lend A Hand has served the Greater Boston area since 1891, providing financial assistance to people in emergency situations.

  9. Overnight rate - Wikipedia

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    The overnight rate is generally the interest rate that large banks use to borrow and lend from one another in the overnight market. In some countries (the United States, for example), the overnight rate may be the rate targeted by the central bank to influence monetary policy. In most countries, the central bank is also a participant on the ...