usury
usury
(ˈjuːʒərɪ
) noun plural -ries
1 the act or practice of loaning money at an exorbitant rate of interest
2 an exorbitant or unlawfully high amount or rate of interest
3 obsolete moneylending
[C14: from Medieval Latin ūsūria, from Latin ūsūra usage, from ūsus use]
> usurious (juːˈʒʊərɪəs
) adjective
> uˈsuriously adverb
> uˈsuriousness noun
