MONEYLENDER


Meaning of MONEYLENDER in English

mon ‧ ey ‧ lend ‧ er /ˈmʌniˌlendə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

someone whose business is to lend money to people, especially someone who makes people pay back a lot more money than they have borrowed

—moneylending noun [uncountable] :

Most of his fortune came from moneylending.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.