Meaning Of The Word Loan shark

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Loan shark Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Loan shark?

loan shark
countable noun: If you describe someone as a loan shark, you disapprove of them because they lend money to people and charge them very high rates of interest on the loan.

loan shark in American English
a person who lends money at exorbitant or illegal rates of interest
noun: a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer

loan shark in British English
noun: a person who lends funds at illegal or exorbitant rates of interest

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