The change fund is never to be ________ or ________.

• A. Lent and spent
• B. Loaned and spent
• C. Lent and used
• D. Loaned and used

Answer: (A)

The change fund is kept on hand specifically to provide exact change for transactions, so it must remain available and not be removed for other uses. Lending it to someone or spending it depletes or divert it from its purpose, which is why those two actions are prohibited. The most natural way to state this prohibition is that the change fund is never to be lent or spent. Using the past-tense terms captures that rule clearly: lending (or loaning) it takes cash away, and spending it takes cash away as well. Other options mix in terms like “used” in place of “spent,” which would imply using the fund for its intended purpose (making change) rather than removing it for other purposes, so they don’t express the same restriction.