USURY
\jˈuːzjʊɹi], \jˈuːzjʊɹi], \j_ˈuː_z_j_ʊ_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of USURY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
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The practice of taking interest.
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Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
By Oddity Software
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A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
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The practice of taking interest.
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Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
By Noah Webster.
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A high rate of interest, especially interest higher than a lawful rate; the practice of lending money at a high or unlawful rate of interest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Interest; premium paid or stipulated to be paid for the loan or use of money; exorbitant interest;—rate charged for the use of borrowed money beyond the legal or customary amount the practice of lending money on interest; the profession of a money lender.
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