Contents
-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (II) Intersocial Volition
Section IV. Possessive Relations
2. Transfer of Property
787. Lending.
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NOUN: | LENDING &c. v.; loan, advance, accommodation, feneration [obs.]; mortgage (security) [See Security]; investment. PAWNSHOP, spout [slang], mont de piété [F.], my uncle’s [slang]. LENDER, pawnbroker, money lender, usurer, Jew, Shylock.
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VERB: | LEND, advance, accommodate with; lend on security; loan; pawn (security) [See Security]. INVEST; intrust; place -, put- out to interest; place, put; embark, risk, venture, sink, fund. LET, lease, set or sett [Scot. law], sublet, sublease, underlet; demise.
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ADJECTIVE: | LENDING &c. v.; lent &c. v.; come across (or down) with the needful [slang].
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ADVERB: | in advance; on loan, on security.
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QUOTATIONS: | - It is a very good world to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in.—attributed to Earl of Rochester
- The ruthless usurer’s gold.—Bulwer-Lytton
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