Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
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Lender
//ˈlɛndɚ//
Synonyms for "lender" (11 found)
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Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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40 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δανειστής noun (one who lends, especially money)
Armenian
3 entries- պարտատեր noun (one who lends, especially money)
- վարկատու noun (one who lends, especially money)
- փոխատու noun (one who lends, especially money)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кредитор noun (one who lends, especially money)
Catalan
1 entries- prestador noun (one who lends, especially money)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏗᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎩ noun (one who lends, especially money)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 出借人 noun (one who lends, especially money)
- 貸款人 /贷款人 noun (one who lends, especially money)
Finnish
2 entries- lainaaja noun (one who lends, especially money)
- lainanantaja noun (one who lends, especially money)
French
2 entries- prêteur noun (one who lends, especially money)
- prêteuse noun (one who lends, especially money)
German
2 entries- Darlehensgeber noun (one who lends, especially money)
- Verleiher noun (one who lends, especially money)
Greek
1 entries- δανειστής noun (one who lends, especially money)
Hindi
2 entries- ऋणदाता noun (one who lends, especially money)
- साहूकार noun (one who lends, especially money)
Irish
1 entries- iasachtóir noun (one who lends, especially money)
Italian
1 entries- creditore noun (one who lends, especially money)
Japanese
1 entries- 貸手 noun (one who lends, especially money)
Latin
1 entries- crēditor noun (one who lends, especially money)
Malay
1 entries- pemberi pinjam noun (one who lends, especially money)
Māori
2 entries- kaitukumoni noun (one who lends, especially money)
- kaitukupūtea. noun (one who lends, especially money)
Norman
1 entries- prêteux noun (one who lends, especially money)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- långiver noun (one who lends, especially money)
Polish
1 entries- pożyczkodawca noun (one who lends, especially money)
Portuguese
2 entries- emprestador noun (one who lends, especially money)
- mutuador noun (one who lends, especially money)
Russian
4 entries- даю́щий в долг noun (one who lends, especially money)
- даю́щий взаймы́ noun (one who lends, especially money)
- кредито́р noun (one who lends, especially money)
- ода́лживающий noun (one who lends, especially money)
Spanish
1 entries- prestador noun (one who lends, especially money)
Swahili
1 entries- mkopeshaji noun (one who lends, especially money)
Swedish
3 entries- kreditgivare noun (one who lends, especially money)
- långivare noun (one who lends, especially money)
- utlånare noun (one who lends, especially money)
Telugu
1 entries- అప్పిచ్చువాడు noun (one who lends, especially money)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be!
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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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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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