noun
definition
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry
Examples of moneylenders in a Sentence
The interest rate charged by moneylenders is in the range of 60 to 120 per cent per annum.
The act is not confined to providing for the registration of moneylenders and for the reopening of harsh and unconscionable bargains.
Methuen, £ 18.99 JESUS drove the moneylenders out of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The other is informal system comprising traditional moneylenders, pawnbrokers and trade specific lenders.
In contrast to the media image, the majority of licensed moneylenders are women working part-time.
Many urban moneylenders offer this service at high cost.
Due to the shortage of capital they are compelled to borrow funds from local moneylenders at a high rate of interest.
He called the room in which he did business with the Jew moneylenders his "Jerusalem chamber."
On the law under the act of 1900 see Hastings's Law relating to Moneylenders and Unconscionable Bargains; and Edmondson's Moneylenders Act 1900.