Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Practicing usury.
- adjective Of or constituting usury.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Practising usury; specifically, taking exorbitant interest for the use of money.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of usury; acquired by usury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money.
- adjective Partaking of usury; containing or involving usury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
usury . - adjective
Exorbitant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
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Examples
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However, I realized early on that if there was no bailout and banks began to fail; unemployment started to rise into the high double digits; and credit companies jacked their interest rates up into what most of us would call usurious rates, that even I might not be able to pay my mortgage should I be laid off and not be able to find another job because no one was hiring.
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Though contracts of this kind and under such a form cannot strictly be called usurious, yet, nevertheless, the vendors incur guilt, unless they are really doubtful whether the wares might be worth more or less at the time of payment.
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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The tears in her voice were the payment of what must be called a usurious speculation of love.
The Lily of the Valley Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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In the US, the Democratic Representative Maxine Waters has introduced a draft bill called the Stop Vultures Act. It would ban vulture funds from seeking "usurious" payments -- defined as anything more than the purchase price of the debt plus 6 percent a year interest.
Johann Hari: We Must Stop the "Vulture Funds" That Feed on the World's Poor 2009
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They are being charged "usurious" interest rates because the government has caused interest rates to rise to control inflation.
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They are being charged "usurious" interest rates because the government has caused interest rates to rise to control inflation.
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Depending on the faction, it demands debt relief by suspension of all interest payments (repay capital only); restructuring of debts for 12 to 15 year repayment with the first five years interest free; return of all previously seized property and equipment; and jail sentences for bankers who charge "usurious" interest rates.
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Depending on the faction, it demands debt relief by suspension of all interest payments (repay capital only); restructuring of debts for 12 to 15 year repayment with the first five years interest free; return of all previously seized property and equipment; and jail sentences for bankers who charge "usurious" interest rates.
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He called the higher rates "usurious," and the second avalanche an avoidable mistake.
JuneauEmpire.com 2009
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One of the favorite claims of payday lending opponents is that payday loans are "usurious".
Blogger News Network 2009
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