Look up: Lend-Lease

1. lend-lease
   [n] - the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause
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2. Lend-Lease
   US policy of supplying the Allies with equipment and materials in exchange for payment in kind or return of undamaged equipment following the war.
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3. lend-lease
   In US history, an act of Congress passed in March 1941 that gave the president power to order `any defense article for the government of any country whose...
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4. Lend-Lease
   A program from 1941 to 1945 that allowed the United States to provide the Allied Powers with war material without initially becoming directly involved in the war; officially implemented by the Lend-Lease Act of March 1941.
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5. lend-lease
   lease-lend noun the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause; `lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous`
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6. lend-lease
   system by which the United States aided its World War II allies with war materials, such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, and trucks, and with food ... [7 related articles]
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7. lend-lease
   lend-lease, arrangement for the transfer of war supplies, including food, machinery, and services, to nations whose defense was considered vital to the defense of the United States in World War II. The Lend-Lease Act, passed (1941) by the U.S. Congress, gave the President power to sell, transfer, le...
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8. lend-lease
   In US history, an act of Congress passed in March 1941 that gave the president power to order `any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the president deemed vital to the defense of the USA`. During World War II, the USA negotiated many lend-lease agreements, notably with Britain and the USSR. The aim of such...
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9. Lend-Lease
   `Lend-Lease` (Public Law 77-11) was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France, and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a ...
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