Allowed to be borrowed (4)

I believe the answer is:

lent

(Other definitions for lent that I've seen before include "Gave the use of for a time" , "days before Easter" , "Christian penitential season" , "Advanced" , "Period of fasting" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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