Look up: usury

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   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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   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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   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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   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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   Usury
   Is illegally excessive interest charged on a loan.
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   usury
   noun the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
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   usury
   noun an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
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   Usury
   `Usury` (//, from the Medieval Latin `usuria`, `interest` or `excessive interest`, from Latin `usura` `interest`) was defined originally as charging a fee for the use of money. This usually meant interest on loans, although charging a fee for changing money (as at a bureau de change) is included in the original meaning. After moderate-interest loans were made more easily available usury became an accepted part of the business world in the early m...
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   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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    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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    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 contracting to charge an unlawfully high rate of intere...
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    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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    usury
    
    1. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
    2. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
    
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    USURY
    Interest which exceeds the legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
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    usury
    usury: see interest.
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