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USURY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("usury" is a kind of...):
lending; loaning (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
Synonyms:
usury; vigorish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("usury" is a kind of...):
interest rate; rate of interest (the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)
Derivation:
usurious (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation)
