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Usury
01
the practice of lending money at excessively high interest rates, considered unethical or illegal
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
uncountable
Examples
The lender was accused of usury after charging triple-digit interest.
02
an excessively high or illegal interest rate applied to borrowed money
Examples
The contract included a usury rate far above legal limits.
Lexical Tree
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