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usurious::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable |
| Derivation | usury |
usurious interest rate.
Examples of usurious
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Otherwise, these countries will pay usurious rates that exacerbate the meltdown.
From the businessweek.com
Critics have said that Wonga is usurious by charging a 1% interest fee per day.
From the techcrunch.com
Besides, some say, the terms sought by the British and the Dutch are usurious.
From the economist.com
King adds that curbs on usurious interest rates date back to the founding fathers.
From the usatoday.com
If you want to roll the pork into tacos, four tortillas will cost you a usurious $3.
From the bostonherald.com
Say you had a $10,000 credit-card balance with a usurious 30% interest rate.
From the usatoday.com
In the face of such suffering, the rich world has agreed to be generous, not usurious.
From the economist.com
A neighbor's uncle was willing to lend him the money at usurious rates-$1,000 a week.
From the forbes.com
With usurious interest rates it victimizes customers who carry a balance.
From the forbes.com
- Exorbitant: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
- (usuriously) exorbitantly: to an exorbitant degree; "prices are exorbitantly high in the capital"
- (usury) an exorbitant or unlawful rate 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. ...
- (Usury) Charging more for the use of money than allowed by law.
- (Usury) The exaction of a greater payment or return for the loan of money than is permitted by law.
- (USURY) (1) Any premium, profit, bonus, fee, or charge which is demanded, required, or extracted by a lender in excess of legal interest on money loaned.
- (usury) Interest charged in excess of the legal rate established by law.
- (Usury) A reference to illegally excessive interest charged on any loan.
