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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§, āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻž
the practice of lending money at excessively high interest rates, considered unethical or illegal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Medieval laws strictly prohibited usury among merchants.
āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§, āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
an excessively high or illegal interest rate applied to borrowed money
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She unknowingly agreed to a usury interest on her payday loan.
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āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§-āĻĄā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
usurious
usury
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