Thesaurus: usury

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1. v. t. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
2. v. t. The practice of taking interest.
3. v. t. Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.
4. n. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
5. n. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
6. Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower forthe use of money.
7. n:100 n. an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest n. the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest