Meanings
lender1
plural lenders
- 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.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]1 more example
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.
2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
Lender2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who lends, especially money; specifically, a bank or other entity that specializes in granting loans.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
lender · noun
- Middle Englishlendare
- Englishlender
From Middle English lendare, leendare, variants of lenner, lenere, equivalent to lend + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Lender · proper noun
- GermanLender
- EnglishLender
Borrowed from German Lender.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δανειστής
- δανειστής (daneistḗs)one who lends, especially money
Arabic مُقْرِض
- مُقْرِض (muqriḍ)one who lends, especially money
Bulgarian кредито́р, заемода́тел
- кредито́р (kreditór)one who lends, especially money
- заемода́тел (zaemodátel)one who lends, especially money
Catalan prestador
- prestadorone who lends, especially money
Chinese Mandarin 貸款人 /贷款人, 出借人
- 貸款人 /贷款人 (dàikuǎnrén)one who lends, especially money
- 出借人 (chūjièrén)one who lends, especially money
- 債主 /债主 (zhàizhǔ)one who lends, especially money
- 出借方 (chūjièfāng)one who lends, especially money
Czech půjčovatel
- půjčovatelone who lends, especially money
Danish långiver
- långiverone who lends, especially money
Finnish lainaaja, lainanantaja
- lainaajaone who lends, especially money
- lainanantajaone who lends, especially money
French prêteur, prêteuse
- prêteurone who lends, especially money
- prêteuseone who lends, especially money
German Darlehensgeber, Verleiher
- Darlehensgeberone who lends, especially money
- Verleiherone who lends, especially money
Greek δανειστής
- δανειστής (daneistís)one who lends, especially money
Hindi ऋणदाता, साहूकार
- ऋणदाता (ŕṇdātā)one who lends, especially money
- साहूकार (sāhūkār)one who lends, especially money
- ऋण देने वाला (ŕṇ dene vālā)one who lends, especially money
Hungarian kölcsönadó
- kölcsönadóone who lends, especially money
Icelandic lánveitandi
- lánveitandione who lends, especially money
Irish iasachtóir
- iasachtóirone who lends, especially money
Italian creditore, prestatore
- creditoreone who lends, especially money
- prestatoreone who lends, especially money
Japanese 貸手, 貸主
- 貸手 (kashite)one who lends, especially money
- 貸主 (kashinushi)one who lends, especially money
Korean 대주, 대여자
- 대주 (daeju)one who lends, especially money
- 대여자 (daeyeoja)one who lends, especially money
Latin crēditor
- crēditorone who lends, especially money
Malay pemberi pinjam
- pemberi pinjamone who lends, especially money
Māori kaitukupūtea., kaitukumoni
- kaitukupūtea.one who lends, especially money
- kaitukumonione who lends, especially money
Norwegian Bokmål långiver
- långiverone who lends, especially money
Polish pożyczkodawca
- pożyczkodawcaone who lends, especially money
Portuguese emprestador, mutuador
- emprestadorone who lends, especially money
- mutuadorone who lends, especially money
Romanian împrumutător, împrumutătoare
- împrumutătorone who lends, especially money
- împrumutătoareone who lends, especially money
Russian ода́лживающий, даю́щий взаймы́
- ода́лживающий (odálživajuščij)one who lends, especially money
- даю́щий взаймы́ (dajúščij vzajmý)one who lends, especially money
- даю́щий в долг (dajúščij v dolg)one who lends, especially money
- кредито́р (kreditór)one who lends, especially money
- заимода́вец (zaimodávec)one who lends, especially money
Slovak požičiavateľ
- požičiavateľone who lends, especially money
Spanish prestador
- prestadorone who lends, especially money
Swahili mkopeshaji
- mkopeshajione who lends, especially money
Swedish långivare, utlånare
- långivareone who lends, especially money
- utlånareone who lends, especially money
- kreditgivareone who lends, especially money
Thai ผู้ให้ยืม
- ผู้ให้ยืม (pûu-hâi-yʉʉm)one who lends, especially money
Turkish borç veren, ödünç veren
- borç verenone who lends, especially money
- ödünç verenone who lends, especially money
Ukrainian позикода́вець
- позикода́вець (pozykodávecʹ)one who lends, especially money
Urdu قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ, قَرْض دینے والا
- قَرْض دِہِنْدَہ (qarz dihinda)one who lends, especially money
- قَرْض دینے والا (qarz dene vālā)one who lends, especially money
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
lender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lender
“lender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lender. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lender.
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