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usurious — usury UK US /ˈjuːzjʊri/ US / ʒɚI/ noun [U] FORMAL DISAPPROVING ► the lending of money at extremely high interest rates: »The payday loans, exempt from usury laws, carry an annual interest rate of 390%. usurer /ˈjuːzjʊrər/ US / ʒɚə˞/ noun [C] ►… … Financial and business terms
usurious — u|su|ri|ous [ ju ʒuriəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL a usurious rate of interest is extremely high … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
usurious — /ju zjυəriəs/ adjective referring to usury ● a usurious rate of interest … Dictionary of banking and finance
usurious — usu·ri·ous /yu̇ zhu̇r ē əs/ adj 1: practicing usury 2: involving usury usurious interest usu·ri·ous·ly adv usu·ri·ous·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
usurious contract — n. A contract that imposes an illegally high interest rate on the repayment of a debt. See also usury, loan sharking. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
usurious — /yuwzhuriyas/ Pertaining to usury; partaking of the nature of usury; involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract. See usury @ usurious contract A contract where interest to be paid exceeds the rate established by statute.… … Black's law dictionary
usurious — u|su|ri|ous [ju:ˈzjuəriəs US ju:ˈʒur ] adj formal a usurious price or rate of ↑interest 1(4) is unfairly high … Dictionary of contemporary English
usurious — adjective formal a usurious price or rate of interest 1 (4) is unfairly high … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
improper rate of interest — index usurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
usury — u‧su‧ry [ˈjuːʒəri] noun [uncountable] formal FINANCE when someone lends people money and makes them pay an unfairly high rate of interest usurer noun [countable] * * * usury UK US /ˈjuːzjʊri/ US / ʒɚI/ noun [U] … Financial and business terms
