The word "Lent" is correct and usable in written English.
"Lent" is the 40-day period before Easter that is devoted to fasting, repentance, and spiritual discipline. For example, "Every year I fast during Lent to learn more about self-discipline."
Willis's appointment had been in the face of stiff competition from David Lea, Ken Graham, Pat Fisher and Alan Hargreaves – all well-established TUC departmental heads with long experience; the fact that Willis won the post of assistant to Murray lent weight to the rumour that it was all the result of Jones's influence.
The outgoing chairman of the Senate armed services committee, Carl Levin, lent his support this week to establishing a no-fly zone, a measure seen by advocates as necessary for convincing Syrians the US will protect them and encouraging them to join the fight against Isis.
Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman lent weight to that idea when he admitted: "In one recent election, I decided not to vote, because I thought the choice so unappetising".
That's because their pin-up political editor Tom Bradbury has lent it to close pal Prince William so he can edit together all his gap-year videos and DVDs into one very posh home movie.
Barry Townsley, a stockbroker who lent £1m; Sir David Garrard, a property developer who lent £2.3m; Chai Patel, head of the Priory Clinics, who lent £1.5m; and Sir Gulam Noon, the so-called "curry king", who lent £250,000.
The senator said he was aware of the financial position but did not know the Obeid family had lent AWH $400,000 in 2011.
Miller, on my left, lent across me and said: "Of course you know Ed Albee..."....
According to the accountancy firm Moore Stephens around 88,817 mortgages were lent at 4.5 times salary or abovelast year.
Peter Mandelson, its business secretary, lent money to credit-starved firms and set up the Automotive Council a forum where carmakers and ministers meet to discuss the challenges facing the industry.
Valentine lent me a copy of Georges Bataille's L'Erotisme and carrying that around tipped me over the edge.
The third, in September, was Sir Christopher Evans, a biotech businessman who had lent Labour £1m.
