USURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does usury mean? 

• USURY (noun)
  The noun USURY has 2 senses:

1. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest

2. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest

  Familiarity information: USURY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

usury; vigorish

Hypernyms ("usury" is a kind of...):

interest rate; rate of interest (the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)

Derivation:

usurious (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("usury" is a kind of...):

lending; loaning (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)