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Definition of usury noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

usury

noun
 
/ˈjuːʒəri/
 
/ˈjuːʒəri/
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
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  1. the practice of lending money to people at unfairly high rates of interest
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French usurie, or from medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura, from usus ‘a use’, from uti ‘to use’.
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