Usury
noun, plural usuries.
1.
the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
2.
an exorbitant amount or rate of interest, especially in excess of the legal rate.
3.
Obsolete. interest paid for the use of money.
noun (pl) -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
usury [(yooh-zhuh-ree)]
The practice of charging more than the legal interest rate.
the sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest. The Jews were forbidden to exact usury (Lev. 25:36, 37), only, however, in their dealings with each other (Deut. 23:19, 20). The violation of this law was viewed as a great crime (Ps. 15:5; Prov. 28:8; Jer. 15:10). After the Return, and later, this law was much neglected (Neh. 5:7, 10).
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