The term "usury" was once used to refer to any loan on which interest was charged.
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Usury
/ˈjuːʒəɹi/
Synonyms for "usury" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
advanceadvancementadvancingbank rateblack marketbootleggingcompensatory interestcompound interestcosa nostradiscount rateexorbitant interestexploitation
Noun(3 words)
excessive interestexcessive rateexorbitant interest
Strong matches (21)
extortiongamblinggray marketgross interesthighway robberyholdupillegal commerceillegal operationsillegitimate businessillicit businessinterestinterest ratelend leaselend-leaselendinglending at interestloan sharkingloan-sharkingloaninglucrative interest
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Related words (35)
moneylendingmoonshiningmortgage pointsnarcotics trafficnet interestorganized crimeoverassessmentoverchargepenal interestpremiumpriceprice of moneyprostitutionprotection racketracketracketsraterate of interestshady dealingsshylocking
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More general
10 entriesMore specific
5 entriesChristian usury banillegal lendingloan sharkingrabbinic usury banregional usury cap
Collocations
6 entriesexorbitant interestillegal lendingloan sharkingpredatory lendingusury lawusury rate
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُرَابَاة noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Armenian
1 entries- վաշխառություն noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Belarusian
1 entries- ліхвя́рства noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лихва́рство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 高利貸 /高利贷 noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Czech
3 entries- lichva noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- lichvářství noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- úžernictví noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Danish
1 entries- åger noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Dutch
1 entries- woeker noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Finnish
1 entries- koronkiskonta noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
French
1 entries- usure noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Galician
1 entries- usura noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Georgian
1 entries- მევახშეობა noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
German
3 entries- Wucherei noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- Wuchern noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- Zinswucher noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Greek
1 entries- τοκογλυφία noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Hungarian
1 entries- uzsoráskodás noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Indonesian
1 entries- riba noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Japanese
1 entries- 高利貸し noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Korean
1 entries- 고리대금업 noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Latin
1 entries- ūsūra immodica noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Macedonian
2 entries- лихварење noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- лихварство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- åger noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Old English
2 entries- feohgafol noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- wōcor noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مرابحه noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Polish
1 entries- lichwiarstwo noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Portuguese
1 entries- usura noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Russian
1 entries- ростовщи́чество noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kamatarenje noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- lihvarenje noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Slovak
1 entries- úžerníctvo noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Slovene
1 entries- oderuštvo noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Spanish
1 entries- usura noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Swedish
1 entries- ocker noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Telugu
1 entries- అన్యామైన వడ్డీ noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Turkish
3 entries- faizcilik noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- murabahacılık noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
- tefecilik noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лихва́рство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Loan sharks pull all sorts of tricks to skirt usury laws.
Source: tatoeba (10826185)
Interest rates are deemed by Islam as usury.
Source: tatoeba (10838441)
Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.
Source: tatoeba (11064722)
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