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/ˈlɛndɚ/
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L EH1 N D ER0
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A surname from German.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loaner
Antonyms: borrower
Broader terms: investor
Narrower terms: pawnbroker, usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock
Borrowed from German Lender.
From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
huadhënës
— one who lends, especially money
Arabic :
مُقْرِض
(muqriḍ)
— one who lends, especially money
Armenian :
պարտատեր
(partater)
— one who lends, especially money
Armenian :
փոխատու
(pʻoxatu)
— one who lends, especially money
Armenian :
վարկատու
(varkatu)
— one who lends, especially money
Azerbaijani :
borcverən
— one who lends, especially money
Belarusian :
пазыкада́вец
(pazykadávjec)
— one who lends, especially money
Belarusian :
пазыкадава́льнік
(pazykadaválʹnik)
— one who lends, especially money
Bulgarian :
кредито́р
(kreditór)
— one who lends, especially money
Bulgarian :
заемода́тел
(zaemodátel)
— one who lends, especially money
Catalan :
prestador
— one who lends, especially money
Cherokee :
ᏗᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ
(didadolisdisgi)
— one who lends, especially money
Chinese Mandarin :
貸款人 /贷款人
(dàikuǎnrén)
— one who lends, especially money
Chinese Mandarin :
出借人
(chūjièrén)
— one who lends, especially money
Chinese Mandarin :
債主 /债主
(zhàizhǔ)
— one who lends, especially money
Chinese Mandarin :
出借方
(chūjièfāng)
— one who lends, especially money
Czech :
půjčovatel
— one who lends, especially money
Danish :
långiver
— one who lends, especially money
Finnish :
lainaaja
— one who lends, especially money
Finnish :
lainanantaja
— one who lends, especially money
French :
prêteur
— one who lends, especially money
French :
prêteuse
— one who lends, especially money
Georgian :
გამსესხებელი
(gamsesxebeli)
— one who lends, especially money
German :
Darlehensgeber
— one who lends, especially money
German :
Verleiher
— one who lends, especially money
Greek :
δανειστής
(daneistís)
— one who lends, especially money
Ancient Greek :
δανειστής
(daneistḗs)
— one who lends, especially money
Hindi :
ऋणदाता
(ŕṇdātā)
— one who lends, especially money
Hindi :
साहूकार
(sāhūkār)
— one who lends, especially money
Hindi :
ऋण देने वाला
(ŕṇ dene vālā)
— one who lends, especially money
Hungarian :
kölcsönadó
— one who lends, especially money
Icelandic :
lánveitandi
— one who lends, especially money
Irish :
iasachtóir
— one who lends, especially money
Italian :
creditore
— one who lends, especially money
Italian :
prestatore
— one who lends, especially money
Japanese :
貸手
(kashite)
— one who lends, especially money
Japanese :
貸主
(kashinushi)
— one who lends, especially money
Kazakh :
қарыз беруші
(qaryz beruşı)
— one who lends, especially money
Kazakh :
несие беруші
(nesie beruşı)
— one who lends, especially money
Khmer :
ម្ចាស់បំណុល
(mcah bɑmnol)
— one who lends, especially money
Korean :
대주
(daeju)
— one who lends, especially money
Korean :
대여자
(daeyeoja)
— one who lends, especially money
Kyrgyz :
карыз берүүчү
(karız berüücü)
— one who lends, especially money
Kyrgyz :
несие беруші
— one who lends, especially money
Latin :
crēditor
— one who lends, especially money
Macedonian :
заемодавател
(zaemodavatel)
— one who lends, especially money
Malay :
pemberi pinjam
— one who lends, especially money
Māori :
kaitukupūtea.
— one who lends, especially money
Māori :
kaitukumoni
— one who lends, especially money
Mongolian :
зээлдүүлэгч
(zeeldüülegč)
— one who lends, especially money
Norman :
prêteux
— one who lends, especially money
Norwegian Bokmål :
långiver
— one who lends, especially money
Iranian Persian :
قَرْض دَهَنْدِه
(ġarz dahande)
— one who lends, especially money
Iranian Persian :
وامدَهَنْدِه
(vâm-dahande)
— one who lends, especially money
Polish :
pożyczkodawca
— one who lends, especially money
Portuguese :
emprestador
— one who lends, especially money
Portuguese :
mutuador
— one who lends, especially money
Romanian :
împrumutător
— one who lends, especially money
Romanian :
împrumutătoare
— one who lends, especially money
Russian :
ода́лживающий
(odálživajuščij)
— one who lends, especially money
Russian :
даю́щий взаймы́
(dajúščij vzajmý)
— one who lends, especially money
Russian :
даю́щий в долг
(dajúščij v dolg)
— one who lends, especially money
Russian :
кредито́р
(kreditór)
— one who lends, especially money
Russian :
заимода́вец
(zaimodávec)
— one who lends, especially money
Serbo-Croatian :
зајмода́вац
— one who lends, especially money
Serbo-Croatian :
zajmodávac
— one who lends, especially money
Slovak :
požičiavateľ
— one who lends, especially money
Slovene :
posojilodajalec
— one who lends, especially money
Spanish :
prestador
— one who lends, especially money
Swahili :
mkopeshaji
— one who lends, especially money
Swedish :
långivare
— one who lends, especially money
Swedish :
utlånare
— one who lends, especially money
Swedish :
kreditgivare
— one who lends, especially money
Tajik :
қарздиҳанда
(qarzdihanda)
— one who lends, especially money
Telugu :
అప్పిచ్చువాడు
(appiccuvāḍu)
— one who lends, especially money
Thai :
ผู้ให้ยืม
(pûu-hâi-yʉʉm)
— one who lends, especially money
Turkish :
borç veren
— one who lends, especially money
Turkish :
ödünç veren
— one who lends, especially money
Turkmen :
karz beriji
— one who lends, especially money
Ukrainian :
позикода́вець
(pozykodávecʹ)
— one who lends, especially money
Urdu :
قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ
(qarz dihinda)
— one who lends, especially money
Urdu :
قَرْض دینے والا
(qarz dene vālā)
— one who lends, especially money
Uyghur :
قەرز بەرگۈچى
(qerz bergüchi)
— one who lends, especially money
Uzbek :
qarz beruvchi
— one who lends, especially money