lender
nounUS /ˈlɛndɚ/
Etymology From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.
1
One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
- [Polonius]: Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- Derived terms
- lender of last resort, microlender, moneylender, money lender, money-lender, mortgage lender, multilender, neither a borrower nor a lender be, nonlender
- Hypernyms
- giver
- Hyponyms
- creditor, microlender, mortgagee, mortgage lender, landlord, lessor, loan shark, Lombard, moneylender, pawnbroker, shylock, usurer