Noun

(en noun)

(finance) An entity that provides financing

* {{quote-news, 2009, January 24, Tara Siegel Bernard, Costs and Tighter Rules Thwart Refinancings, New York Times citation

, passage=And only a select few borrowers with pristine credit can secure the most attractive rates: for the week that ended Jan. 15, rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage sank to 5.12 percent, the 11th consecutive weekly drop and the lowest rate since the big mortgage financer Freddie Mac began tracking them in 1971. }} ----