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moneylender

[ muhn-ee-len-der ]

noun

  1. a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.


moneylender

/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ²Ôɪˌ±ôÉ›²Ô»åÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person who lends money at interest as a living
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç²Ô±ð²âËŒ±ô±ð²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moneylender1

1775–85; money + lender ( def )
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Lloyds Banking Group, which owns all three banking brands and is the UK's biggest moneylender, said the move would give customers more choice and flexibility.

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When Atul passed the exam, his father asked for help from a local moneylender.

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Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.

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Because Shylock, the Jewish moneylender who infamously demands a pound of flesh in “The Merchant of Venice,†is, if a villain, a complicated one: persecuted, spit upon and scorned by Christians for being a Jew.

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In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.

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