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LOAN SHARK

English translation: high-interest-rate lender

23:58 Jan 5, 2015
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / FINANCE
English term or phrase: LOAN SHARK
SHE WENT TO A LOAN SHARK TO GET FINANCE FOR HER BUSINESS
ELIDETH
Selected answer:high-interest-rate lender
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_shark

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-06 01:07:23 GMT)
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they may also be illegal and keep pileing on the interest so the borrower finds it increasingly difficult to pay back the loan.

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/how-to-spo...

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-06 01:07:57 GMT)
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sorry: piling (not pileing)
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:18
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +11high-interest-rate lender
Yvonne Gallagher
4un prêteur sur gages, usurier de gros calibre
Jean-Claude Gouin
Summary of reference entries provided
Online dictionaries, 2 for starters
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
loan shark
un prêteur sur gages, usurier de gros calibre


Explanation:
1. 'to get finance for her business' should be 'to get FINANCING for
her business.

2. Ce n'est pas un 'requin de la finance'.

3. Soyez la bienvenue chez ProZ.com ...


Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 06:18
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: English to English translations
35 mins
  -> S ... hoot! Thank you for letting me know ...
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: En> EN
38 mins
  -> See above remark ...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
loan shark
high-interest-rate lender


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan_shark

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-06 01:07:23 GMT)
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they may also be illegal and keep pileing on the interest so the borrower finds it increasingly difficult to pay back the loan.

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/how-to-spo...

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-06 01:07:57 GMT)
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sorry: piling (not pileing)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Arabic & More
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Tamas Elek
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  -> Thanks and Happy New Year
agree  Charles Davis: Also sometimes prone to use blackmail or threats of violence to enforce payment
17 hrs
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  -> Thanks and Happy New Year
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Online dictionaries, 2 for starters

Reference information:
Definition of loan shark in English:
noun
informal , derogatory
A moneylender who charges extremely high rates of interest, typically under illegal conditions
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/loan-sh...


loan shark


noun, Informal.
1.
a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loan shark

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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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3 hrs
agree  acetran
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