Definitions for usuryˈyu ʒə ri
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
u•su•ryˈyu ʒə ri(n.)(pl.)-ries.
the practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest rate.
an exorbitant amount or rate of interest.
Obs. interest paid for the use of money.
Origin of usury:
1275–1325; ME usurie (< OF) < ML ūsūria interest, usury, for L ūsūra
Princeton's WordNet
usury, vigorish(noun)
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
usury(noun)
the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
Wiktionary
usury(Noun)
An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
usury(Noun)
The practice of lending money at such rates.
usury(Noun)
The practice of lending money at interest.
Origin: From usuria, from usura "lending at interest, usury" from usus 'use', from stem of uti 'to use'
Webster Dictionary
Usury(verb)
a premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest
Usury(verb)
the practice of taking interest
Usury(verb)
interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money
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