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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 interestplay

  Familiarity information: MONEYLENDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONEYLENDER (noun)


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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