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单词 usury
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usury

(juːʒəri)
uncountable noun
Usury is the practice of lending money at a high rate of interest.
[disapproval]

usury in British English

(ˈjuːʒərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ries
1. 
the act or practice of loaning money at an exorbitant rate of interest
2. 
an exorbitant or unlawfully high amount or rate of interest
3.  obsolete
moneylending
Derived forms
usurious (juːˈʒʊərɪəs)
adjective
usuriously (uˈsuriously)
adverb
usuriousness (uˈsuriousness)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Medieval Latin ūsūria, from Latin ūsūra usage, from ūsus use

usury in American English

(ˈjuʒəri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈusuries
1. 
the act or practice of lending money at interest, now specif., at a rate of interest that is excessive or unlawfully high
2. 
interest at such a high rate
Word origin
ME usurie < ML usuria < L usura < usus: see use

usury in Finance

(yuʒəri)
noun
(Finance: Economics)
Usury is excessive interest charges on a loan.
If the discount rate is 7.0 percent, then national banks may charge 8.0 percent,discounted in advance, without regard to state usury laws.
Most major credit card issuers are based in states without usury laws and can charge any interest rate they wish.
Usury is excessive interest charges on a loan.

Examples of 'usury' in a sentence
usury

To your English upper class, industry and trade are symbols of gross Philistinism, boring crassness, unmannerly usury, unacceptable.
Malcolm, John GOTHIC PURSUIT (1990)
Barefaced robbery, lies and immoral usury are the tools of the work world's greatest auction firms.
Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS (1990)
It was when the Church caved in regarding usury, when they decided it was no longer a sin to make money off of money.
Wilcox, James SORT OF RICH (1990)
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