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
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 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
- Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".
- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Trees and pragmatics
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