单词 | feneration |
释义 | † fenerationn. Obsolete. a. The action or practice of lending on interest; usury. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest ocker?c1225 gavellingc1250 usury1303 usurea1325 lendinga1340 ockeringa1400 usea1450 usance1539 feneration1598 gombeen1862 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 540 True loue..hath respect only to his friends necessitie, without merchandize or feneration. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 112 Giving to the poore is fæneration to God; the greater bank, the more interest. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxvii. 120 What vices therein it [sc. the hare] figured; that is..feneration or usury from its fecundity. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1797 H. T. Colebrooke tr. J. Tarkapañcānana Digest Hindu Law I. i. §i. 7 Feneration at the rate of an eightieth part by the month. b. Interest on money lent. (In some modern dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1598 |
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