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lender

Definition of lender

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛndə(r)

Noun

lender (plural lenders)

  1. one who lends, especially money

    Shakespeare, Hamlet, circa 1602, Act 1 scene 3, Polonius speaks [1]
    "Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
    For loan oft loses both itself and friend;
    And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."

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