Usurer vs Lender - What's the difference?
usurer | lender |
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
* 1936 , , Gone with the Wind , chapter XLIII
(rare) Specifically, a male usurer.
One who lends, especially money.
* Shakespeare , Hamlet, circa 1602, Act 1 scene 3, Polonius speaks [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/2ws2610.txt]
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As nouns the difference between usurer and lender
is that usurer is a person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate while lender is one who lends, especially money.usurer
English
Noun
(en noun)- "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."
Synonyms
* loan sharkUsage notes
lender
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
- For loan oft loses both itself and friend;
- And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
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