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A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: usurer, loan shark, shylock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lender, loaner, shark
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
ліхвя́р
(lixvjár)
— person who lends money
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Bulgarian:
лихва́р
(lihvár)
— person who lends money
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Chinese Mandarin:
放債者 /放债者
(fàngzhàizhě)
— person who lends money
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Czech:
lichvář
— person who lends money
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Danish:
pengeudlåner
— person who lends money
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Dutch:
geldschieter
— person who lends money
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Finnish:
rahanlainaaja
— person who lends money
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French:
usurier
— person who lends money
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French:
usurière
— person who lends money
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French:
prêteur
— person who lends money
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French:
prêteuse
— person who lends money
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Galician:
prestamista
— person who lends money
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Georgian:
მევახშე
(mevaxše)
— person who lends money
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German:
Geldverleiher
— person who lends money
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German:
Geldverleiherin
— person who lends money
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Greek:
τοκιστής
(tokistís)
— person who lends money
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Greek:
τοκίστρια
(tokístria)
— person who lends money
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Greek:
δανειστής
(daneistís)
— person who lends money
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Greek:
δανείστρια
(daneístria)
— person who lends money
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Ancient Greek:
δανειστής
(daneistḗs)
— person who lends money
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Ancient Greek:
δανείστρια
(daneístria)
— person who lends money
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Japanese:
金貸し
(kanekashi)
— person who lends money
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Korean:
대금업자
(daegeumeopja)
— person who lends money
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Korean:
돈놀이꾼
(donnorikkun)
— person who lends money
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Latin:
faenerātor
— person who lends money
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Latin:
faenerātrīx
— person who lends money
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Macedonian:
лихвар
(lihvar)
— person who lends money
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Polish:
pożyczkodawca
— person who lends money
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Polish:
kredytodawca
— person who lends money
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Polish:
lichwiarz
— person who lends money
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Polish:
lichwiarka
— person who lends money
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Portuguese:
agiota
— person who lends money
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Romanian:
cămătar
— person who lends money
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Romanian:
cămătăreasă
— person who lends money
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Romanian:
uzurar
— person who lends money
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Romanian:
uzurară
— person who lends money
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Russian:
ростовщи́к
(rostovščík)
— person who lends money
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Russian:
ростовщи́ца
(rostovščíca)
— person who lends money
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Russian:
проце́нтщик
(procéntščik)
— person who lends money
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Russian:
проце́нтщица
(procéntščica)
— person who lends money
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Spanish:
prestamista
— person who lends money
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Spanish:
logrero
— person who lends money
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Spanish:
logrera
— person who lends money
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Tibetan:
དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན
(dngul bun gtong mkhan)
— person who lends money
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Turkish:
tefeci
— person who lends money
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Ottoman Turkish:
فائضجی
(faʼizci)
— person who lends money
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Ottoman Turkish:
معاملهجی
(muʼameleci)
— person who lends money
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Ukrainian:
лихва́р
(lyxvár)
— person who lends money
