Usury

//ˈjuːʒəɹi//

Synonyms for "usury" (63 found)

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Noun(2 words)
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Translations

95 translations across 43 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • fajde noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Arabic

2 entries
  • رِبَا noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • مُرَابَاة noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Armenian

2 entries
  • վաշխ noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • վաշխառություն noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • адсо́так noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ліхвя́рства noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • працэ́нт noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ли́хва noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • лихва́рство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 高利 noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 高利貸 /高利贷 noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • лихва noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Czech

4 entries
  • lichva noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • lichva noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • lichvářství noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • úžera noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Danish

2 entries
  • åger noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • åger noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Dutch

2 entries
  • woeker noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • woekerrente noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • uzuro noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Faroese

1 entries
  • okur noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kiskurikorko noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • koronkiskonta noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

French

2 entries
  • usure noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 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

3 entries
  • მევახშეობა noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • მევახშური პროცენტი noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • სამევახშეო პროცენტები noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

German

4 entries
  • Wucher noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • Wucherei noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • Wuchern noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • Wucherzins noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Greek

2 entries
  • τοκογλυφία noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • τοκογλυφία noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • uzsora noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • uzsorakamat noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • uzsoráskodás noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • okur noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • riba noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • riba noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 高利 noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 高利貸し noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Korean

2 entries
  • 고리대금 noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 고리대금업 noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Latin

2 entries
  • ūsūra immodica noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ūsūra immodica noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • лихва noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • лихварење noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • лихварство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakatuputupu moni noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • åger noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 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

2 entries
  • مرابحه noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • مرابحه noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Persian

1 entries
  • ربا noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Polish

2 entries
  • lichwa noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • lichwiarstwo noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • usura noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • usura noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Romanian

2 entries
  • camătă noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • uzură noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Russian

3 entries
  • лихва́ noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • проце́нт noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ростовщи́чество noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kamatarenje noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • lihvarenje noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • lȉhva noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ли̏хва noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Slovak

2 entries
  • úžera noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • 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

2 entries
  • usura noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • usura noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ocker noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ocker noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • labis na patubo noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • pamamasong noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • pasong noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అన్యామైన వడ్డీ noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Turkish

4 entries
  • faizcilik noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • murabaha noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • murabahacılık noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)
  • tefecilik noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відсо́ток noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • ли́хва noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • лихва́ noun (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
  • лихва́рство noun (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates)

Sample sentences

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The term "usury" was once used to refer to any loan on which interest was charged.

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Loan sharks pull all sorts of tricks to skirt usury laws.

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Interest rates are deemed by Islam as usury.

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Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.

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