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Word | Usury |
an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest / A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money / lending money at illegal rates of interest / the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. / the practice of lending money and requiring the borrower to pay a high amount of interest, | |
Usage | ⇒ His father made money from the business of usury ⇒ The loan shark was found guilty of usury. ⇒ They also practised usury , charging an interest rate of 5 per cent a day. |
Synonyms | vigorish, interest, exploitation, lending, loaning, premium, interest rate, rate of interest, advance, advancement, advancing, application, bank rate, black market, bootlegging, compensatory interest, compound interest, custom, discount rate, employment, |
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