Standard Lemma guide

lender

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈlɛndɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from German.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loaner

Antonyms: borrower

Broader terms: investor

Narrower terms: pawnbroker, usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock

History

Etymology

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