English Explanatory Dictionary

usury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
  2. The practice of lending money at such rates.
  3. The practice of lending money at interest.
  4. Profit.

Pronunciation

yo͞o'zhə-rē /ˈjuːʒəɹi/ en-us-usury.ogg

Word forms

usury usuries

Etymology

From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp and use.

Synonyms

oker

Related words

usurance usurer usuress usurial usurious usuriously usuriousness

Translations

Arabic: مُرَابَاة Armenian: վաշխառություն Belarusian: ліхвя́рства Bulgarian: лихва́рство Chinese Mandarin: 高利貸 /高利贷 Czech: lichva Czech: lichvářství Czech: úžernictví Danish: åger Dutch: woeker Finnish: koronkiskonta French: usure Galician: usura Georgian: მევახშეობა German: Wucherei German: Zinswucher German: Wuchern Greek: τοκογλυφία Hungarian: uzsoráskodás Indonesian: riba Japanese: 高利貸し Korean: 고리대금업 Latin: ūsūra immodica Low German: Woker Macedonian: лихварство Macedonian: лихварење Norwegian Bokmål: åger Old English: wōcor Old English: feohgafol Polish: lichwiarstwo Portuguese: usura Russian: ростовщи́чество Serbo-Croatian: kamatarenje Serbo-Croatian: lihvarenje Slovak: úžerníctvo Slovene: oderuštvo Spanish: usura Swedish: ocker Telugu: అన్యామైన వడ్డీ Turkish: faizcilik Turkish: murabahacılık Turkish: tefecilik Ottoman Turkish: مرابحه Ukrainian: лихва́рство Welsh: usuriaeth
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