Harsek does not give orders here; he merely lends his well-known face and name to the operation.

When will we stop expecting employees to sell their person, and start accepting that they merely lend their skills, for a limited time, to the employer?

He merely lent an awful lot of money on it, more than he could ever hope to get back out of the old dump.

He merely lent examples of his works to other exhibitors in the Grand Palais.

T'hey merely lend their particular version of the facts before them.

Merely lend me your arm for a moment.

But all the witcheries of that unwaning weather did not merely lend new spells and potencies to the outward world.

He wanted to be a lead bank, which is paid fees to arrange deals in addition to merely lending money.

They have been told that banks merely lend depositors' savings.

Many celebrities - particularly athletes - merely lend their names to charities, and let their agents handle the details and the personal stuff.