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lender|ˈlɛndə(r)|
Forms: α. 1 lǽnere, 4 leenere, lenere, 4–5 lener, 5 leyner, 5–7 lenner. β. 5 lendare, 6– lender.
[OE. lǽnere, agent n. f. lǽnan lend v.2 The mod. word is a new formation on lend v.2 + -er1.]
One who lends; esp. one who makes a business of lending money at interest.
αc1050Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 189/21 Creditor, lænere. 1340Ayenb. 35 Þer is anoþer lenere corteys þet leneþ wyþ-oute chapfare makiinde. 1483Cath. Angl. 213/2 A Leyner (MS. A. Lenner), accomadator. 1487Act 3 Hen. VII, c. 6 §3 The same forfeyture to renne upon the Seller or lener therof. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxi. 227 As yf..the lenner were in domage. 1633Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 40/1 Ordaines the lenners to pay the same yeirlie and termlie.
βc1440Promp. Parv. 296/1 Lendare, or he þat [lendythe] a thynge, fenerator. 1526Tindale Luke vii. 41 There was a certayne lender which had two detters. 1602Shakes. Ham. i. iii. 75 Neither a borrower, nor a lender be. 1625Bacon Ess., Of Usury (Arb.) 546 Let these Licensed Lenders be in Number Indefinite. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xliv. (1869) II. 658 The merit of generosity is on the side of the lender only. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 103 To insist that the lender shall lend at his own risk.
Add:b. An institution, as a bank, building society, etc., that lends money at interest.
1873W. Bagehot Lombard St. vii. 172 In the worst part of the crisis of 1866, 50,000l. ‘fresh money’ could not be borrowed even on the best security..except at the Bank of England. There was no other lender to new borrowers. 1892Daily News 21 Dec. 7/3 Trust shares received a smart shock. Banks are reported unwilling lenders on some trust securities. 1951R. W. Jones Thomson's Dict. Banking (ed. 10) 124/1 If..there is a limitation on the the borrowing powers and the company exceeds such limit, the result may be serious for the lender. 1955Times 10 May 19/2 Some of the big banks called in money, in addition to non-clearing lenders. 1967Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Apr. 32/1 Unregulated lenders have financed..the capital needed by persons engaging in these activities. 1988Daily Tel. 9 June 2/1 The mortgage war has led building societies, banks and other lenders to mislead borrowers about how much they will have to pay for their home loans.
c. lender of last resort, a financial institution that will lend to a borrower who cannot obtain funds elsewhere; esp. a central bank that will lend to other banks, etc., when they experience heavy withdrawals.
1932R. G. Hawtrey Art of Central Banking iv. 116 The Central Bank is the lender of last resort. 1953J. L. Hanson Textbk. Econ. xxiv. 422 When the other banks are unwilling to lend, the central bank should be prepared to assist eligible borrowers—that is, it should act as a ‘lender of last resort’. 1979F. E. Perry Dict. Banking 137/1 The Bank of England acts as lender of last resort for the London discount houses. 1981N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Mar. 9/2 There would be an international lender of last resort that would serve as a safety net for third-world loans in the event of international turmoil. 1991Economist 13 July 93/2 Unusually, BCCI had no lender of last resort; since 1988 its operations have been supervised, with mixed success, by a ‘college’ of regulators from seven countries. |
