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lender

lender

118 2.5
A person or company that gives money to someone and asks for it back later
  • noun
  • /ˈlɛndər/
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  • The lender approved our loan application after reviewing our financial documents.
  • lender of last resort
  • lenders and investors
  • debtors and lenders

Chris Ayman is a hard money lender and a wholesaler in town.

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Examples

  • Once you apply directly to the lender, they'll do a hard search.

  • The statistics thus provided would, of course, guide lenders and investors.

    Academic text (1999)
  • As you know, we're the lender in second position on your property.

  • And so it became known as the lender of last resort.

  • Just keep in mind guys that people, lenders, they invest in cash flow.

  • the Fed serves as a lender of last resort to troubled banks.

  • The eurozone countries still have access to a lender of last resort.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Therefore, according to Fischer, the IMF has the capacity to act as a crisis lender to individual countries.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We here at First Plantation Bank are an equal-opportunity lender.

  • The loans are called "unsecured" loans, and they make lenders very nervous.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

creditor
vslender
76 3.0

A person or organization that someone owes money to

focuses on providing money as a business rather than simply being owed funds
loan shark
vslender
21 4.8

A person who gives people money and charges very high illegal fees

is the neutral business idea, not associated with criminal or predatory practice
finance company
vslender
5 3.5

A business that lends money to people or small businesses

is the broader commercial term covering banks, firms, or individuals who lend
lending institution
vslender
  • Specialized
4 3.7

A bank or company that gives money to people and businesses to pay back

refers to any person or organization that lends money, not only institutions
loaner
vslender
3 4.5

A person or company that gives money but expects it to be paid back

is the general business term for a person or organization doing this
moneylender
vslender
3 6.1

A person or company that gives money and charges very high interest

is the neutral commercial term without the exploitative interest implication
mortgage holder
vslender
3 4.4

A bank or company that legally owns a home loan and gets the payments

is the general money-lending concept, not restricted to holding mortgage rights
usurer
vslender
2 9.9

A person who lends money and charges very high interest

is the ordinary business concept without illegal or extreme interest practices
mortgagee
vslender
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A person or company that lends money for a house and can take the house if you do not repay

is the wider term for any person or organization that lends money
3.8

A company that gives small loans to people who cannot get bank loans

is the general money provider, not limited by loan size or clientele
loan office
vslender
2.7

A shop that gives money when people leave things until they pay it back

is the broad term for any person or organization that lends money

Antonyms

86 2.3

A person who takes money or things and plans to give them back

How Predatory

loan shark
21 4.8
usurer
2 9.9
moneylender
3 6.1
lender
118 2.5

Surface Forms

lender singular
lenders plural

Morphology

lender = lend (transparent) = lend + er

Productive agentive formation from the verb 'lend' with the suffix '-er', so the meaning 'person or organization that lends' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word lender begins with lend, from an old German word meaning 'to give for a time', and adds -er which means 'a person who does something'. So a lender is a person or business that gives money for a time and expects it back.