lender
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)
Noun [edit]
lender (plural lenders)
- 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."
- Shakespeare, Hamlet, circa 1602, Act 1 scene 3, Polonius speaks [1]
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
one who lends, especially money
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