Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lend-lease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: lend-lease
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

lease-lend

Questions

What does lend-lease mean?: 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.

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