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
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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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.
