usury

Definitions


[ˈjuːʒ(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest
(e.g: the medieval prohibition on usury)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French usurie, or from medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura, from usus ‘a use’ (see use)




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