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usury noun
/ˈjuː.zjʊ.ri/
/-ʒɚ.i/ n [U] formal disapproving Definition
the activity of lending someone money with the agreement that they will pay back a very much larger amount of money later
usurer noun
/ˈjuː.zjʊ.rər//-ʒɚ.ɚ/ n [C] usurious adjective
/juːˈzjʊə.ri.əs//juːˈʒʊr.i-/ adj usurious interest rates
(Definition of usury noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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