Jan 5, 2015 23:58
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English term

LOAN SHARK

Non-PRO English Bus/Financial Accounting FINANCE
SHE WENT TO A LOAN SHARK TO GET FINANCE FOR HER BUSINESS
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Jan 6, 2015 13:10: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): Edith Kelly, B D Finch, Cilian O'Tuama

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Responses

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high-interest-rate lender

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)
Peer comment(s):

agree Arabic & More
3 hrs
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agree Shera Lyn Parpia
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agree Jack Doughty
6 hrs
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agree Sabina Králová
6 hrs
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agree Alexandranow
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agree Edith Kelly
7 hrs
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agree Ashutosh Mitra
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agree B D Finch
9 hrs
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agree Tamas Elek
13 hrs
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agree Charles Davis : Also sometimes prone to use blackmail or threats of violence to enforce payment
17 hrs
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agree dhsanjeev
1 day 9 hrs
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31 mins

un prêteur sur gages, usurier de gros calibre

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 ...
Peer comment(s):

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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Reference comments

1 hr
Reference:

Online dictionaries, 2 for starters

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
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Arabic & More
3 hrs
agree acetran
7 days
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