† usuringadj.

Forms: Also 1500s usering.

Etymology: < usure v. + -ing suffix².

Obsolete.

1. Of persons: Practising or given to usury; usurious.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by usury > practising usury

usuring1593

money-monging1594

usurous1605

usurarious1623

usuriousa1631

money-mongering1648

1593 A. Munday tr. C. Estienne Def. Contraries sig. F3 I shall see no more..the vsuring Geneway, nor the boasting Modenan.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 178 My Vsuring Merchant had hanging at his girdle a paire of kniues.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 22 The fatherless and widows portion, Which usuring fathers lent to lairds.

1710 Brit. Apollo 22–25 Feb. Streight to a Usuring Dog I hurry'd.

figurative and in extended use.1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) vi. 266 Filthie vsering Rocks that would haue blood, Though they could get of him no other good.a1640 J. Day Parl. Bees (1641) sig. F4^v Fenerator. Or the Vsuring Bee.

2. Looking for ample return or increase; causing cost without return. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [adjective] > causing cost without return

usuring1609

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profit-motivated > looking for ample return

usuring1609

on the make1863

profit-conscious1928

shonky1951

1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica vii. viii The barraine fieldes deceive the Plow-mans trust, The usuring seede is molded unto dust.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 510 Is not thy kindnesse subtle, couetous, If not a Vsuring kindnesse, and..Expecting in returne twenty for one?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	usuring
释义	† usuringadj. Forms: Also 1500s usering. Etymology: < usure v. + -ing suffix². Obsolete. 1. Of persons: Practising or given to usury; usurious. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to or characterized by usury > practising usury usuring1593 money-monging1594 usurous1605 usurarious1623 usuriousa1631 money-mongering1648 1593 A. Munday tr. C. Estienne Def. Contraries sig. F3 I shall see no more..the vsuring Geneway, nor the boasting Modenan. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 178 My Vsuring Merchant had hanging at his girdle a paire of kniues. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 22 The fatherless and widows portion, Which usuring fathers lent to lairds. 1710 Brit. Apollo 22–25 Feb. Streight to a Usuring Dog I hurry'd. figurative and in extended use.1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) vi. 266 Filthie vsering Rocks that would haue blood, Though they could get of him no other good.a1640 J. Day Parl. Bees (1641) sig. F4^v Fenerator. Or the Vsuring Bee. 2. Looking for ample return or increase; causing cost without return. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [adjective] > causing cost without return usuring1609 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profit-motivated > looking for ample return usuring1609 on the make1863 profit-conscious1928 shonky1951 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica vii. viii The barraine fieldes deceive the Plow-mans trust, The usuring seede is molded unto dust. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 510 Is not thy kindnesse subtle, couetous, If not a Vsuring kindnesse, and..Expecting in returne twenty for one? View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1593
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