lender (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *lender*:
NOUN	person	lender, loaner	someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

lender > pronunciation
Sounds	leh'nder
Rhymes	adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der...

English > *lender*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
Synonym	loaner
Narrower	pawnbroker	A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
Narrower	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

HyperDic: lender