Moneylender is an English word with synonyms like shylock or lender. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Moneylender meaning
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
Using Moneylender
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
- Useful related words include: usurer, loan shark, shylock, lender.
- In the example corpus, moneylender often appears in combinations such as: jewish moneylender.
Context around Moneylender
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Moneylender
- In this selection, "moneylender" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jewish, hard, shylock and himself stand out and add context to how "moneylender" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a jewish moneylender is shown and being a moneylender himself he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "moneylender" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with moneylender
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It would be best if you also pondered on the reputation of the hard moneylender. (15 words)
Likewise, her father, Isaac of York, a Jewish moneylender, is shown as a victim rather than a villain. (18 words)
Despite being a moneylender himself he was sufficiently trusted and respected to sit as a judge in usury trials in 1421. (21 words)
Antonio agrees, but since he is cash-poor – his ships and merchandise are busy at sea – he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan's guarantor. (44 words)
Despite being a moneylender himself he was sufficiently trusted and respected to sit as a judge in usury trials in 1421. (21 words)
Likewise, her father, Isaac of York, a Jewish moneylender, is shown as a victim rather than a villain. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
It would be best if you also pondered on the reputation of the hard moneylender.
Antonio agrees, but since he is cash-poor – his ships and merchandise are busy at sea – he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender, so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loan's guarantor.
Despite being a moneylender himself he was sufficiently trusted and respected to sit as a judge in usury trials in 1421.
Likewise, her father, Isaac of York, a Jewish moneylender, is shown as a victim rather than a villain.
Common combinations with moneylender
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: