moneylender

English

Alternative forms

money-lender, money lender

Etymology

From money +‎ lender.

Noun

moneylender (plural moneylenders)

A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
- 1598, J. Florio, Worlde of Wordes:
  Banchiere, a banker or Lombard, or a money lender.

Synonyms

lender; usurer (archaic & pejorative); moneyer (archaic)

Hyponyms

loan shark (pejorative)

Translations

person who lends money

Bulgarian: лихвар (bg) m (lihvar)
Danish: pengeudlåner c
Finnish: rahanlainaaja (fi)
French: usurier (fr) m, prêteur (fr) m
Galician: prestamista (gl) m or f
Georgian: მევახშე (mevaxše)
German: Geldverleiher (de) m, Geldverleiherin (de) f
Greek: τοκιστής (el) m (tokistís)
Ancient: δανειστής m (daneistḗs)
Latin: faenerātor m
Portuguese: agiota (pt) m or f
Romanian: cămătar (ro) m, uzurar (ro) m, uzurară f
Russian: ростовщи́к (ru) m (rostovščík)
Spanish: prestamista m or f, logrero (es) m, logrera (es) f
Tibetan: དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན (dngul bun gtong mkhan)
Turkish: tefeci (tr)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.