usury

u·su·ry  (yzh-r)

n. pl. u·su·ries

1. The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate.

2. An excessive or illegally high rate of interest charged on borrowed money.

3. Archaic Interest charged or paid on a loan.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin sria, alteration of Latin sra, from sus, use; see usual.]

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usury [yewz-yoor-ree]

Noun

pl -ries Old-fashioned

1. the practice of loaning money at an exorbitant rate of interest

2. an unlawfully high rate of interest [Latin usura usage]

usurer n

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usury

1. the lending of money at excessive interest rates, especially rates above legal limits.
2. the excessive interest rate charged. — usurer, n. — usurious, adj.

See also: Finance

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	usury - an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest vigorish interest rate, rate of interest - the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
	2.	usury - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest lending, loaning - disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned

Translations

usury [ˈjuːʒərɪ] n → usura

usury [ˈjuːʒurɪ] n → Wucher m