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usurer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | loan shark, moneylender, shylock |
| Type of | lender, loaner, shark |
Examples of usurer
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He is too consumed in his career as a usurer to leave it behind for the country.
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The MFIs offer an alternative to the old-fashioned usurer.
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The pamphlet begins with an account of the brothers Roberto and Lucanio Gorinius, whose father is a wealthy usurer.
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It is also to sell time since the usurer charges, in effect, for the time that the money is in the hands of the borrower.
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The usurer hangs the cozener.
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The chapel was built by Enrico Scrovegni to atone for the crimes of his father, a notorious usurer, and in 1303 Giotto was commissioned to decorate it.
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He criticizes both, the former on the basis of the dangers and uncertainty which it bears, the second because according to the Twelve Tables, the usurer is judged a worse criminal than a thief.
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- Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- Usury (comes from the Medieval Latin usuria, "interest" or from the Latin usura "interest") originally meant the charging of interest on loans. This included charging a fee for the use of money, such as at a bureau de change. ...
- A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate; Specifically, a male usurer
- To find yourself a usurer in your dreams, foretells that you will be treated with coldness by your associates, and your business will decline to your consternation. If others are usurers, you will discard some former friend on account of treachery.
- Someone who lends people money and charges them an extremely high interest rate on the loan. Usurious rates on short-term loans are not always easy to see. For example, a two-week payday loan for $100 might cost $15. ...
