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单词 anatocism
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anatocismn.

Brit. /əˈnatəsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /əˈnædəˌsɪzəm/
Forms: 1600s anatocisme, 1600s– anatocism.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin anatocismus.
Etymology: < classical Latin anatocismus compound interest < Hellenistic Greek ἀνατοκισμός compound interest < ancient Greek ἀνα- ana- prefix +τοκισμός practice of usury < τοκίζειν to lend on interest ( < τόκος birth, offspring, interest (see toco- comb. form) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix.Compare French †anatocisme (1603; rare before 1721).
Now rare.
Compound interest; the charging of compound interest.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > compound
anatocism1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Anatocism, a yeerly revenue of usury, and taking usury for usury.
1668 J. Newton Scale of Interest (title page) The Use of Decimal Fractions, and the Table of Logarithmes, in the most easie and exact Resolving of all Questions in Anatocism, or Compound Interest.
1768 T. Heberden in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 462 By the rule of anatocism, they [sc. the inhabitants] have increased at the rate of 1·0082 per cent. per annum.
1899 Missouri School Jrnl. May 290/1 Hardin acquired his wealth by the application of the rules of anatocism.
1918 Advocate 619/2 Loans were made bearing interest and anatocism..was not forbidden.
1973 Vigiliae Christianae 27 254 Anatocism was obviously common practice in Milan, as elsewhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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