a loan shark
31loan shark — /ˈloʊn ʃak/ (say lohn shahk) noun Colloquial someone who loans money at an excessive rate of interest. {US English (1900s) …
32loan shark — / ləυn ʃɑ:k/ noun a person who lends money at a very high interest rate …
33shark — [ʆɑːk ǁ ʆɑːrk] noun [countable] informal FINANCE someone who cheats other people out of money, especially by giving bad financial advice: • Never do business with these sharks. ˈloan shark FINANCE someone who lends money at very high rates of… …
34Shark (disambiguation) — Shark may refer to:Animals*Shark, a group of cartilaginous fishes *Red tailed black shark is a small fish in the carp family *Shark (moth), Cucullia umbratica , a noctuid moth species *Bala shark, a popular cyprinid in the home… …
35shark — [ʃa:k US ʃa:rk] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Origin unknown.] [Sense: 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from German schurke bad man ; influenced by SHARK1] 1.) plural shark or …
36loan — (n.) mid 13c., from O.N. lan, related to lja to lend, from P.Gmc. *laikhwniz (Cf. O.Fris. len thing lent, M.Du. lene, Du. leen loan, fief, O.H.G. lehan, Ger. Lehn fief, feudal tenure ), originally to let have, to leave (to someone), from PIE *lei …
37shark — [ ʃark ] noun count * 1. ) a very large fish with sharp teeth that lives in the ocean. Some types of shark attack people. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who gets money by cheating people => LOAN SHARK …
38shark — (n.) 1560s, of uncertain origin; apparently the word and the first specimen were brought to London by Capt. John Hawkins s second expedition (landed 1565; see Hakluyt). There is no proper name for it that I knowe, but that sertayne men of… …
39loan-sharking — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: relating to borrowing money and owing moneyhyponym Main entry: loan shark …
40loan-sharking — See: loan shark …
