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A program under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom (and British Commonwealth), Free France, the Republic of China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lease-lend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transfer, transference
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
լենդ-լիզ
(lend-liz)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Belarusian:
ленд-лі́з
(ljend-líz)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Belarusian:
лэнд-лі́з
(lend-líz)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Georgian:
ლენდ-ლიზი
(lend-lizi)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Japanese:
レンドリース
(rendorīsu)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Russian:
ленд-ли́з
(lend-líz)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945
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Ukrainian:
ленд-лі́з
(lend-líz)
— (historical) a US help program between 1941 and August 1945