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lender
/ˈlɛn.dɚ/
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What does lender mean?
noun
- One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
proper noun
- A surname from German.
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The operation was a hazardous one for the lender as well as for the borrower.
They were granted, not as the proper fund upon which the money was borrowed, but as an additional encouragement to the lender.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”—Shakepeare.
Presenting a long and elaborate theory of "mental, usury" he arrives at the conclusion that, if the borrower pay interest of his own free will, the lender may keep it.