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n. - Disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned.

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  • The Fed today has radically expanded the term lending facilities, both in size and eligible collateral, such as common stocks.
  • Forbes: In terms of scale, the size of a bank for lending, is there a point where being bigger does not make you more efficient in lending?
  • It's a segment of that credit, short term lending, that is feeling the crisis.
  • O'HEGARTY: Well, we -- our rules deal with any position over 50 percent, you start a trigger of what we call the lending guidance.
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