lender
See also: Lender
English
Etymology
From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Noun
lender (plural lenders)
- One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
- 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."
- 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
- Shakespeare, Hamlet, circa 1602, Act 1 scene 3, Polonius speaks [1]
Antonyms
Translations
one who lends, especially money
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
lender f
- indefinite plural of lend
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