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† feneˈration Obs.
[ad. L. fænerātiōn-em, n. of action f. fænerāre: see fenerate v.]
The action or practice of lending on interest; usury.
1598R. Barckley Felic. Man v. (1603) 549 True love..hath respect only to his friends necessitie, without merchandize or feneration. 1612–5Bp. Hall Contempl. N.T. iv. iii, Giving to the poor is feneration to God: the greater bank, the more interest. 1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. (ed. 2) 120 What vices therein it [the hare] figured; that is..feneration or usury from its fecundity. 1721in Bailey. 1798H. T. Colebrooke tr. Digest of Hindu Law (1801) I. 7 Feneration at the rate of an eightieth part by the month.
b. Interest on money lent.
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