Legal Definition and Related Resources of Extend

To broaden the application or action of; to expend; enlarge ; prolong; lengthen; widen; carry out further than the original limit. To extend a lease or contract is not necessarily the same as renew for the stipulation to renew requires the making of a new lease, while one to extend does not. Chalkley v Ward (Ga.App.) 166 S. E.2d 748.

(Enlarge), verb

• add
• aggrandize
• amplify
• augere
• augment
• broaden
• buildup
• carry beyond the limit
• carry further
• cause to grow
• continue
• deepen
• develop
• dilate
• distend
• draw out
• elongate
• enlarge the scope of
• expand
• extendere
• increase
• increase the length of
• inflate
• lengthen
• magnify
• make larger
• make more comprehensive
• propagare
• protract
• spread out in area
• stretch
• stretch out
• supplement
• swell
• widen
• Associated Concepts: extended lease
• extension of a contract
• extension of credit
• extension of time for good cause

(Offer), verb

• advance
• give
• hold out
• introduce
• place at one’s disposal
• present
• present an opportunity
• present for acceptance or rejection
• proffer
• propose
• provide an opportunity
• put forth
• put forward
• put forward for consideration
• submit
• tender

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