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moneylender
[ muhn-ee-len-der ]
noun
- a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.
moneylender
/ ˈ³¾ÊŒ²Ôɪˌ±ôÉ›²Ô»åÉ™ /
noun
- a person who lends money at interest as a living
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾´Ç²Ô±ð²âËŒ±ô±ð²Ô»å¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of moneylender1
Example Sentences
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.
When Atul passed the exam, his father asked for help from a local moneylender.
Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.
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.
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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