Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of lending on interest.
- noun The interest or gain of that which is lent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of fenerating; interest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Lending money at
interest ;usury .
Etymologies
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From Latin faenerationem, from faenerare.
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Examples
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The feneration which mankind entertained for the bards, encnoraged that
The Works of the Caledonian Bards: Translated from the Galic 1783
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