lender
nounEtymology
From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.
- inherited from lendare
Definitions
One who lends, especially money
One who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
- [Polonius]: Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
A surname from German.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lender. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lender. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at lender
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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