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

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