- Greedy moneylender - Lender of money at an exorbitant interest rate - Loan shark - Loan shark has you at last feeling more positive - Loan shark makes you more certain - Money lender - Moneylender
- A leech - Leech - Leech, e.g. - Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo
medicinalis), and related species. - One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one
guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. - A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender;
an extortioner.
- Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of
Lombardy. - A native or inhabitant of Lombardy. - A money lender or banker; -- so called because the
business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards. - Same as Lombard-house. - A form of cannon formerly in use.
- A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the
owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the
ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment
of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates
her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the
lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive
the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it
may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See
Hypothecation.