lender

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

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."

Antonyms

• borrower

Translations

one who lends, especially money

Armenian: պարտատեր (hy) (partater), փոխատու (hy) (p’oxatu) Greek: δανειστής (el) (daneistís) m.

Russian: заимодавец (ru)

See also

• creditor
• debtor