Associations to the word «Usurious» - Word Associations Network

Noun

Lender
Loan
Interest
Jews
Rate
Payment
Debt
Money
Transaction
Credit
Farmer
Contract
Dealing
Merchant
Profit
Practice
Trade
Price
Gain
Tax
Account
Crime
Charge
Law
Person
Having

Adjective

Financial
Pay
Jewish
Forced
Considered
Commercial
Much
Certain
Roman

Verb

Borrow
Pay
Consider

Adverb

Only

Wiktionary

USURIOUS, adjective. Of or pertaining to usury.

USURIOUS, adjective. Exorbitant.

Dictionary definition

USURIOUS, adjective. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending".

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