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moneylender

/muhn-ee-len-der/US // ˈmʌn iˌlɛn dər //UK // (ˈmʌnɪˌlɛndə) //

放款人,贷方,放债人,贷款人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.

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Examples

  • You don't owe me the money at all; I made no bargain with you; I am not a moneylender.

  • But if the working miner remained poor, the moneylender waxed wealthy on the miners' work.

  • There is none round which it has not cast its feelers--no Semitic moneylender ever obtained a surer hold on his victim.

  • In theory the sale of a squire's land to a moneylender is a minor and exceptional necessity.

  • I declare to you, if you refuse, I will sell it to-morrow to the first moneylender I can find, and send you my debt in hard cash.