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means A person or institution that gives out money, goods, or credit on the condition that it comes back, usually with interest tacked on.

from From Old English 'lænan,' meaning to lend or grant the use of something temporarily — itself tied to 'læn,' a loan or gift. The root runs deep into Germanic languages, all circling the same idea: a thing given with the expectation of return. The '-er' suffix simply marks the one who does the giving, same pattern as 'baker' or 'singer' — the doer of the deed.