Associations to the word «Usury»
Noun
- Lending
- Extortion
- Lender
- Debtor
- Prohibition
- Aquinas
- Adultery
- Condemnation
- Bribery
- Loan
- Jew
- Oppression
- Capitalism
- Jews
- Banking
- Gambling
- Moderation
- Debt
- Theft
- Alms
- Exploitation
- Allah
- Lev
- Sin
- Fraud
- Scholastic
- Taking
- Creditor
- Severity
- Interest
- Canto
- Money
- Thou
- Enactment
- Aristotle
- Heresy
- Injustice
- Banker
- Christian
- Wealth
- Profit
- Decree
- Payment
- Treatise
- Franciscan
- Clergy
- Islam
- Justification
- Bills
- Precept
- Wherefore
- Expulsion
- Commerce
- Canon
- Transaction
- Treason
- Law
- Clement
- Dealing
- Cent
- Monte
- Statute
- Tariff
- Witchcraft
- Legislation
Adjective
Wiktionary
USURY, noun. (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
USURY, noun. (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.
USURY, noun. (uncountable) (archaic) The practice of lending money at interest.
Dictionary definition
USURY, noun. An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest.
USURY, noun. The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.