单词	usury
释义	usuryu‧su‧ry /ˈjuːʒəri/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINusury Origin: 1300-1400 Medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura ‘use, interest’, from usus; ➔ USE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A charge against him by the Privy Seal for usury was apparently avoided by means of a £12,000 bribe. First, usury is not intrinsically wrong in the way that murder, adultery or theft are wrong. He realises that Access make money through usury, yet he felt that 25 percent a month was going the pace a bit. If the biblical fates go against him, Herluin will take all the vexation and shame out on Tutilo, with usury. In addition to the tithing system and the gleaning laws, redistribution is also achieved through regulating the capital market by prohibiting usury. In spite of ecclesiastical prohibitions on usury, the Lancastrians and their predecessors had certainly borrowed at interest, often surreptitiously. The church condemns usury and the loaning of money at high interest. This was because of the element of usury involved. word sets WORD SETS► Loans amortize, verbAPR, nounborrowing powers, nouncollateral, nouncompound interest, nouncreditor, nouncredit rating, nouncreditworthy, adjectivedebenture, noundebit note, nounfinance, nounfinance, verbfinance company, nounforeclose, verbhire purchase, nouninterest, nouninterest-free, adjectiveinterest rate, nounletter of credit, nounliquidate, verbliquidation, nounliquidator, nounmoneylender, nounmoney market, nounmoratorium, nounmortgage, nounmortgage, verbofficial receiver, nounowing, adjectivepayable, adjectiveprime rate, nounpromissory note, nounredeem, verbremission, nounremit, verbremortgage, verbrepay, verbrepayable, adjectiverepayment, nounrepossess, verbreschedule, verbsavings and loan association, nounsecure, verbsecurity, nounsequester, verbsequestrate, verbsettlement, nounsimple interest, nounsurety, nounundischarged, adjectiveusurer, nounusurious, adjectiveusury, nounventure capital, noun formal old-fashioned the practice of lending money to people and making them pay interest1(4):  In medieval times, it was illegal for Christians to practise usury.
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