an avaricious money-dealer; a usurer, an extortioner.
单词 | θ221844 |
释义 | society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > one who lends money > at interest > at excessive rates (4) money shark1844 an avaricious money-dealer; a usurer, an extortioner. Shylock1894 Allusively. An extortionate usurer. Also: a Jew; a pawnbroker; in U.S. (with lower-case initial), an abusive term for a moneylender; = loan-shark n.… loan-shark1905 (see quot. 1928 and shark, n.1 2). shylocker1973 a person who charges an exorbitant rate of interest. |
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