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# lender

«lender» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person or organisation that lends something, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a lender, lenders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or organisation that lends something, especially money, which must be paid back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#m1)

2) (money) A bank or company that gives loans or mortgages and charges interest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah has many laws protecting the poor borrower, such as no interest on loans to fellow Israelites. Proverbs warns how debt can enslave. In the primary lessons: In maths and money lessons about borrowing and interest, the lender gives money and the borrower pays it back with extra (interest). In everyday life, the bank is a mortgage lender. In stories, a lender can be kind or greedy. Phrases: money lender, mortgage lender, lender of last resort.

### examples

- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (Writings PRO.22.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x1)
- The bank is the lender, and Dad is the borrower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x2)
- A lender charges interest on a loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x3)
- «Neither a borrower nor a lender be» is a famous old line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x4)
- The mortgage lender agreed to lend money for the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x5)
- In the old story, the money lender was very greedy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x6)
- If the lender charges 10% interest on £100, you pay back £110. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x7)
- My friend was the lender of the pencil, so I gave it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x8)
- Good harvests, or bad, the farmer was always poor, the money-lender rich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/#x9)

### note

Countable. Opposite: borrower. Trap: «lend» = give for a while; «borrow» = take for a while. Not «Can you borrow me a pen?» but «Can you lend me a pen?» In maths problems, the lender receives the loan back plus interest.

### In the corpora

- [The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.626/)
- [Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lender» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lender/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.