1) Acts like a library 2) Acts the shylock 3) Advances 4) Advances a loan 5) Advances recording costs 6) Advances temporarily 7) Affords 8) Affords for a while 9) Affords temporarily 10) Allows to borrow 11) Allows to use 12) Allows to use temporarily 13) Allows use of equipment 14) Contributes 15) Does a bank job Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/lends
Lends (lĕndz) noun plural [ Anglo-Saxon lend , lenden ; akin to D. & German lende , Old High German lenti , Icelandic lend , and perh to English loin .] Loins. [ Obsolete] Wyclif. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/29