释义 |
moneylendermon‧ey‧lend‧er /ˈmʌniˌlendə $ -ər/ noun [countable] - After World War I, 50 percent of the land was mortgaged to moneylenders by owner-tenant farmers.
- Everyone, however, sympathized with junior officials; and everyone constantly wished a violent death on usurers and moneylenders.
- No figure is given for moneylenders.
- Samuel's large stall was in the rue de Sanghines, the street of the moneylenders.
- The moneylenders then looked to Sim for the cash and threatened him and his family.
- The Carey family had to rely on a house provided by a Bengali moneylender to save them from destitution.
- The mandarins also kept an eye on any emerging capitalists, merchants, moneylenders and nouveaux riches.
- The plaintiff moneylenders offered a loan to the son on the security of his parents' property.
► Loansamortize, verbAPR, nounborrowing powers, nouncollateral, nouncompound interest, nouncreditor, nouncredit rating, nouncreditworthy, adjectivedebenture, noundebit note, nounfinance, nounfinance, verbfinance company, nounforeclose, verbhire purchase, nouninterest, nouninterest-free, adjectiveinterest rate, nounletter of credit, nounliquidate, verbliquidation, nounliquidator, nounmoneylender, nounmoney market, nounmoratorium, nounmortgage, nounmortgage, verbofficial receiver, nounowing, adjectivepayable, adjectiveprime rate, nounpromissory note, nounredeem, verbremission, nounremit, verbremortgage, verbrepay, verbrepayable, adjectiverepayment, nounrepossess, verbreschedule, verbsavings and loan association, nounsecure, verbsecurity, nounsequester, verbsequestrate, verbsettlement, nounsimple interest, nounsurety, nounundischarged, adjectiveusurer, nounusurious, adjectiveusury, nounventure capital, noun someone whose business is to lend money to people, especially someone who makes people pay back a lot more money than they have borrowed—moneylending noun [uncountable]: Most of his fortune came from moneylending. |