lender

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

[edit] Noun

lender (plural lenders)

1. one who lends, especially money
   • Shakespeare, Hamlet, circa 1602, Act 1 scene 3, Polonius speaks [1]

     "Neither a borrower nor a lender be:

     For loan oft loses both itself and friend;

     And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."