| 单词 | lending-department |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslending-department attributive, as lending-department; lending-house n. Historical applied spec. to certain institutions for lending money without interest or at a low rate to the poor. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan-shop mountain of piety1617 loan-house1622 Mount of Pietya1630 Monte di Pietà1654 loan-bank1662 loan-office1720 Mount of Pity1792 lending-house1797 Mont de Piété1840 loan-shop1849 1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. III. 21 Those who have as yet determined the origin of lending-houses..place it..from 1464 to 1471. 1890 Spectator 14 June 34,000 [books] for the general lending department [of the Edinburgh Public Library]. 1897 Tablet 9 Oct. 567 It was Fra Barnaba who, in the 15th century..recommended the establishment of charitable lending-houses. < as lemmas |
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