Usury

What do we mean by usury?

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

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

Interest charged or paid on a loan. noun

Originally, any premium paid, or stipulated to be paid, for the use of money; interest. Obsolete or archaic. noun

An excessive or inordinate premium paid, or stipulated to be paid, for the use of money borrowed; any such premium in excess of the rate established or permitted by law, which varies locally. noun

The practice of lending money at interest, or of taking interest for money lent; specifically, and now almost exclusively, the practice of taking exorbitant or excessive interest; the taking of extortionate interest from the needy or extravagant. noun

A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest. noun

The practice of taking interest. noun

Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money. noun

An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally. noun

The practice of lending money at such rates. noun

The practice of lending money at interest. noun

An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest noun

The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest noun

An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

The practice of lending money at such rates.

The practice of lending money at interest.

When people make money off the suffering of others. They give faint hope to others and for that faint hope of improving their situation, they most likely wreck their entire life. Urban Dictionary

Charging an exorbitent interest rate for borrowed money. Considered a criminal act in many countries. Urban Dictionary

Usuri a Girl who Has brown or blonde hair but likes everything her way wants what she wants and just rude to people around her . Once she falls in love with a person you can’t seem to Make her stop she is like a leach gets stuck to people. But sometimes she is annoying but nice but mostly rude. Urban Dictionary

An answer to usury is lending circles. These have a long history in various countries. The non-profit Mission Asset Fund introduces them in the USA and take it one step further in that members of the lending circle are able to boost their credit scores. Each member will, for example, put $100 in the shared pot monthly. Then, after ten months that person will get $1000 with no interest rate. Their monthly contributions will be reported to a credit bureau to enhance their credit score. Urban Dictionary

The illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. Or borrowing repeated money from close friends without paying interest ie:Randy Furnia from Philip Volk. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to usury:
usury, usurp, usure, usery, usura, usry.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word usury:
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Words that rhyme with usury:
usery, cruiser he, loser he, user e, user he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe usury:
enormous, such, exact, exorbitant, excessive, high, moral, heavy, petty, extortionate, gross, oppressive, private, illegal, rural, christian, moderate, rapacious, criminal, direct, foul, modern, ample, open, international, mental, legal, extravagant, unlawful, medieval, boundless, simple, anti, abundant, slow, spiritual, sinful, intermediate, monstrous, cruel, shameful, multiplied, exacting, fold, immoderate, clerical, virtual, maritime, official, inordinate, outrageous, verbal, ruinous, lawful, damnable, wondrous, vast, mere, odious, unjust, customary, manifest, widespread, pious, plain, pure, profitable, covetous, rich, war, wicked, unconscionable, illegitimate, roman, infinite, strict, safe, wholesale, accursed, unchristian, grievous, palliated.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective usury:
laws, law, legislation, capital, interest, tracts, mercantile, bill, campaign, rate, continued, way, robbery.

Consonant match to usury:
usurer, usery, user e, user he.

Words that sound like usury:
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