usurynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈjuː.ʒər.i/us/ˈjuː.ʒɚ.i/formal disapprovingthe activity of lending someone money with the agreement that they will pay back a very much larger amount of money later
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Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- credit risk
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- pay
- put sth up
- reschedule
- slate
- term
- tick
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usurer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈjuː.ʒər.ər/us/ˈjuː.ʒɚ.ɚ/
usurious
adjective uk/juːˈzjʊə.ri.əs/us/juːˈʒʊr.i.əs/
usurious interest rates