英语词汇“usury”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

usury

/ˈjuːʒ(ə)ri

noun [mass noun]

1The action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest: the medieval prohibition on usury...

They also practised usury, charging an interest rate of 5 per cent a day.
He was litigious, speculated cannily on the property market, hoarded grain in times of shortage and may have practised usury.
But where do you draw the line between this kind of usury and legitimate lending?

Synonyms

extortionate moneylending, payday lending

informal loan-sharking

offensive shylocking

1.1 archaic Interest at unreasonably high rates.Deuteronomy states, ‘To a stranger you may lend upon usury: but to your brother you may not lend on usury.’...

Of course that had to be paid, but when the amount of interest becomes usury, that is not fair, that is not just, and that's the actual situation.
Any moneys still due us under the old standard terms of twenty percent usury will be reduced to ten percent usury as a matter of good will.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French usurie, or from medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura, from usus 'a use' (see use).

单词	usury
释义	usury /ˈjuːʒ(ə)ri / noun [mass noun] 1The action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest: the medieval prohibition on usury... They also practised usury, charging an interest rate of 5 per cent a day. He was litigious, speculated cannily on the property market, hoarded grain in times of shortage and may have practised usury. But where do you draw the line between this kind of usury and legitimate lending? Synonyms extortionate moneylending, payday lending informal loan-sharking offensive shylocking 1.1 archaic Interest at unreasonably high rates.Deuteronomy states, ‘To a stranger you may lend upon usury: but to your brother you may not lend on usury.’... Of course that had to be paid, but when the amount of interest becomes usury, that is not fair, that is not just, and that's the actual situation. Any moneys still due us under the old standard terms of twenty percent usury will be reduced to ten percent usury as a matter of good will. Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French usurie, or from medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura, from usus 'a use' (see use).
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