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Definitions of usury in various dictionaries:
noun - an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
noun - the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate.
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| The lending of money at an exorbitant rate of interest |
| It's the practice of lending money at a high interest rate |
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Usury () is, as defined today, the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. Originally, usury meant interest of any kind. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors. Historically, in some Christian societies, and in many Islamic societies even today, charging any interest at all would be considered usury. Someone who practices usury can be called a usurer, but a more common term in contemporary English is loan shark. * The term may be used in a moral sensecondemning, taking advantage of others' misfortunesor in a legal sense where interest rates may be regulated by law. Historically, some cultures (e.g., Christianity in much of Medieval Europe, and Islam in many parts of the world today) have regarded charging any interest for loans as sinful. * Some of the earliest known condemnations of usury come from the Vedic texts of India. Similar condemnations are found in religious texts from Bud |