lender
part of speech
noun (a lender, lenders)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person or organisation that lends something, especially money, which must be paid back. tree →
2) (money) A bank or company that gives loans or mortgages and charges interest. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The Torah has many laws protecting the poor borrower, such as no interest on loans to fellow Israelites. Proverbs warns how debt can enslave. In the primary lessons: In maths and money lessons about borrowing and interest, the lender gives money and the borrower pays it back with extra (interest). In everyday life, the bank is a mortgage lender. In stories, a lender can be kind or greedy. Phrases: money lender, mortgage lender, lender of last resort.
examples
- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Writings PRO.22.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bank is the lender, and Dad is the borrower. tree →
- A lender charges interest on a loan. tree →
- «Neither a borrower nor a lender be» is a famous old line. tree →
- The mortgage lender agreed to lend money for the house. tree →
- In the old story, the money lender was very greedy. tree →
- If the lender charges 10% interest on £100, you pay back £110. tree →
- My friend was the lender of the pencil, so I gave it back. tree →
- Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the money-lender rich. tree →
note
Countable. Opposite: borrower. Trap: «lend» = give for a while; «borrow» = take for a while. Not «Can you borrow me a pen?» but «Can you lend me a pen?» In maths problems, the lender receives the loan back plus interest.
In the corpora
- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".
Trees and pragmatics
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