Look up: USURY

1. usury
   [n] - an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest 2. [n] - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
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2. Usury
   Charging an unacceptably, and sometimes illegally, high rate of interest on a... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/usury.htm?id=13064&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of usury'>more</a>
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3. usury
   Former term for charging interest on a loan of money. In medieval times, usury was held to be a sin, and Christians were forbidden to lend (although not to borrow). The practice of charging interest...
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4. usury
   in the widest sense; abuse of a person`s lack of money or of a person`s weak economic position in order to make a excessive profit out of it Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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5. Usury
   Is illegally excessive interest charged on a loan.
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6. usury
   noun the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
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7. usury
   noun an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
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8. Usury
   • (v. t.) A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest. • (v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money. • (v. t.) The practice of taking interest.
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9. usury
   in modern law, the practice of charging an illegal rate of interest for the loan of money. In Old English law, the taking of any compensation ... [4 related articles]
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10. usury
    usury 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. The lending of money at exorbitant interest rates; specifically: 'The crime of charging or...
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11. Usury
    Loaning money at an interest rate in excess of the maximum rate by law. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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12. usury
    
    • an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
    • the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
    
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13. USURY
    Interest which exceeds the legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
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14. usury
    usury: see interest.
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15. Usury
    The civil or criminal wrong of charging interest that is beyond the legal limit set by a State. The illegal profit which is required and received by the lender of a sum of money from the borrower for its use. In a more extended and improper sense, it is the receipt of any profit whatever for the use...
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16. Usury
    (n) Law prevailing in the land fix the upper interest rate chargeable on debt instruments. If the interest rate charged on a debt exceeds this limit, it is called Usury. Usury payment cannot be enforced by law
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17. usury
    n. a rate of interest on a debt which is exorbitant and in excess of the percentage allowed by law. Each state sets its own maximum interest rate. Courts will not enforce payment of interest on a loan if the rate is usurious, so a loan may result in being interest free. Charging usury as a practice ...
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18. usury
    Former term for charging interest on a loan of money. In medieval times, usury was held to be a sin, and Christians were forbidden to lend (although not to borrow). The practice of charging interest is still regarded as usury in some Muslim countries
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19. Usury
    Money lending with exorbitant, often illegally high rates of interest tacked on.
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