The lending of money at (excessive) interest, usury; interest gained from this.

Usury.

The fact or practice of lending money at interest; esp. in later use, the practice of charging, taking, or contracting to receive, excessive or…

The fact or practice of lending money at interest. Cf. usury, n. 1.

The action of lend, v.2; esp. the letting out of money at interest.

the taking of interest, usury.

The fact of using money borrowed or lent at interest.

The practice or fact of lending or borrowing money at interest. Cf. use, n. 5. rare after 17th cent.

The action or practice of lending on interest; usury.

Usury. Chiefly attributive, as gombeen-man n. a moneylender, usurer. gombeen-woman n.