Has Lend or Had Lent?

Lent is the past tense of lend, which means to give someone money or goods with the expectation that it be given back. Lend is an irregular verb, so its conjugation is not always intuitive.

Do you have lent or lend?

Grammar > Easily confused words > Lend or borrow? Lend means 'give something to someone for a short time, expecting that you will get it back'. The past simple and the -ed form are lent: I never lend my CDs to anyone.

Is Lent past tense of lend?

While these terms sound the same, they have very different meanings: Leant is a past tense form of the verb “lean” (meaning “incline”). However, the spelling “leaned” is more common, especially in American English. Lent is usually the past tense of the verb “lend” (meaning “loan something”).