moneylender
noun
a person or organization whose business it is to lend money at interest.
moneylending
-
a word derived from
moneylender.
Example Sentences
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A new report commissioned by Fair4All Finance, a government-backed body that works on financial inclusion, looks at the lived experience of illegal moneylending in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023
Britain is almost uniquely laissez-faire when it comes to moneylending.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2010
"What should I have to do with moneylending?"
From Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice
But it has probably contributed to expedite the transfer of land from the cultivating to the moneylending classes.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
He knew his father-in-law was in business in the City; but he did not know that the business of "Harker's," for which he had a great respect, had anything to do with moneylending.
From Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice
