单词 | usure |
释义 | † usuren. Obsolete. 1. a. The fact or practice of lending money at interest. Cf. usury n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest ocker?c1225 gavellingc1250 usury1303 usurea1325 lendinga1340 ockeringa1400 usea1450 usance1539 feneration1598 gombeen1862 a1325 Prose Psalter liv. 11 Usure [L. usura] and trecherie ne failed nouȝt in his waies. [1382, 1388 Wyclif.] c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 277 Þat þe sotil vsure of riche clerkis & marchaundes be hurled out of lond. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1919) iii. 12 Men of Grece..sey also þat vsure is no dedly synne. 1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 176 Thus they lyve..wyth suche chevesaunce That men calle usure, to oure losse and hinderaunce. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 66 Thair digniteis, yat thai haue gottyn wrangwisly, throu vsur scisme, or symony. c1530 Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 60 What is vsure, but..a lawfulle thefe that tellyth ys entent. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. ix. 167 Þis dett..was ay duplyit on him be vsure and okkir. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone i. i. sig. Bv I turne no moneys, in the publike banke; Nor vsure priuate. View more context for this quotation b. A usurious act or practice. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > instance of usurea1325 usuries1603 a1325 Prose Psalter lxxi. 14 He shal raunsoun her soules fram vsures and wickednes. 1382 J. Wyclif Bible Psalms lxxi. 14. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 472 With myne vsuris I grevud God bothe day & nyght. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 177 Vsuris and barat, subtilitee and trechery. 2. = interest n. 10, usury n. 2. Also occasionally at, to usure.Frequently in Wyclif (1382), occasionally in plural, tr. Latin usuræ. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest gavela700 usure1338 usuryc1450 interess1529 interest1545 fenory1572 usance1584 use1595 advantage1600 excess1600 interest-money1618 premium1669 service1817 usage1822 vigorish1935 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 224 Þe chartres & þe scris þat noied Cristen men, Þat lay for vsure in pris elleuen als for ten. ?a1366 Romaunt Rose 185 That is that for vsure Leneth to many a creature. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vii. 83 For beggeres borwen euermo and her borghe is god almyȝti, To ȝelden hem þat ȝiueth hem and ȝet vsure more. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxv. 37 Thi money thow shalt not ȝyue to him to vsure. c1400 Rom. Rose 7026 If a wight, out of mesure, Wolde lene his gold, and take vsure. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 431 b/1 That no Justycer shold..constrayne them that were bounden to the Jewes..to paye or yelde to them theyr vsure or growyng. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxvv As a Iewe wolde haue forced a Cristen man to haue gyuen to hym more than .ii.d. For the vsure of .xx.s. for a weke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † usurev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To practise usury; to lend at interest. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend money [verb (intransitive)] > at interest ockera1382 gavel1382 usure1530 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 207 Þus God usuriþ for oure prow, for alle þingis..he ȝyveþ us for þis eende. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xv. 10. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xix. 17 He vsureth to the Lord, that hath reuthe of the pore. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/2 If our charyte were utterly parfyte, one christenned man shulde nat usure with an other. 2. transitive. To lend (money) at a premium. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > lend (money) [verb (transitive)] > lend at interest lenda900 ockera1382 to set out1533 to lend out (or forth)1549 bank1567 to put forth1572 leta1605 to let outa1616 usure1620 fenerate1623 loan1740 1620 R. Brathwait Ess. Fiue Senses ii. 24 Oppresse I cannot, when I heare the Orphans teare... Vse my money, but vsure it I will not. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1325v.c1380 |
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