Noun:

ब्याजख़ोर, सूदख़ोर, महाजन, साहूकार,

moneylenders's Usage Examples:

Due to the shortage of capital they are compelled to borrow funds from local moneylenders at a high rate of interest.

Many urban moneylenders offer this service at high cost.

In contrast to the media image, the majority of licensed moneylenders are women working part-time.

The other is informal system comprising traditional moneylenders, pawnbrokers and trade specific lenders.

Methuen, £ 18.99 JESUS drove the moneylenders out of the Temple in Jerusalem.

moneylenders in the temple.

The interest rate charged by moneylenders is in the range of 60 to 120 per cent per annum.

On the law under the act of 1900 see Hastings's Law relating to Moneylenders and Unconscionable Bargains; and Edmondson's Moneylenders Act 1900.

He called the room in which he did business with the Jew moneylenders his "Jerusalem chamber."

The act is not confined to providing for the registration of moneylenders and for the reopening of harsh and unconscionable bargains.

Synonyms:

loaner, lender, loan shark, shylock, shark, usurer,

Antonyms:

receiver, freeloader, recipient, borrower,