camătă

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camătă

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic камата (kamata), from Ancient Greek κάματος (kámatos). Compare Serbo-Croatian kamata, Macedonian камата (kamata).

noun camete · camătă · camăta · cametele

feminine interest (usually excessive); usury
Similar: dobândă, interes, ademană, uzură

In English

usury exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates

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"camătă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/cam%C4%83t%C4%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

camătă. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cam%C4%83t%C4%83

Chicago

"camătă." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cam%C4%83t%C4%83.

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@misc{cama_ta_2026,
  title = {camătă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/cam%C4%83t%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}