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noun, plural u·su·ries.
1.
the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
2.
an exorbitant amount or rate of interest, especially in excess of the legal rate.
3.
Obsolete. interest paid for the use of money.
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Example Sentences
- Usury refers to exorbitant rates of interest, which is hardly the description of the lending environment over the last few years.
- Enacting usury laws will mean many people will get no credit or low limits, so they will have multiple cards or use pawnshops.
- The usury laws were the first consumer protection laws.
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World English Dictionary
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Word Origin & History
usury
c.1300, from M.L. usuria, from L. usura "usury, interest," from usus, from stem of uti (see use). Originally the practice of lending money at interest, later, at excessive rates of interest.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
usury [(yooh-zhuh-ree)]The practice of charging more than the legal interest rate.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Usury definition
the sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest. The Jews were forbidden to exact usury (Lev. 25:36, 37), only, however, in their dealings with each other (Deut. 23:19, 20). The violation of this law was viewed as a great crime (Ps. 15:5; Prov. 28:8; Jer. 15:10). After the Return, and later, this law was much neglected (Neh. 5:7, 10).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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