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MONEYLENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moneylender mean?
• MONEYLENDER (noun)
The noun MONEYLENDER has 1 sense:
1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Familiarity information: MONEYLENDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
loan shark; moneylender; shylock; usurer
Hypernyms ("moneylender" is a kind of...):
lender; loaner (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)
shark (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)
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