Usury /(?)/
U·su·ry
Usury
n.
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A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest. [Obs. or Archaic]
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with usury of is own.
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The practice of taking interest. [Obs.]
Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few nds.
- Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money. (Law)