| NOUN | person | lender, loaner | someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters |
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| Sounds | leh'nder | |
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| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters. | |
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| Synonym | loaner | |
| Narrower | pawnbroker | A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security |
| usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | |
| Broader | investor | someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns |
| Opposite | borrower | someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent |
| Spanish | prestador, prestamista | |
| Catalan | prestador | |
| Verbs | lend | give temporarily |
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