usurer
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usurer
- /ˈjuːʒəɹə/ UK
- /ˈjuːzjəɹə/ UK
- /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/ US
- /ˈjuːʒɹəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).
noun usurers
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A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to interceſſ
Similar: banker, loan shark
Translations
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noun one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
| Español | usurero, usurera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고리대금업자 goridaegeumeopja |
| 日本語 | 高利貸し kōrigashi |
| 中文 | 高利貸 /高利贷 gāolìdài |
| Kiswahili | mlariba |
| Português | usurário, usureiro, agiota |
| Français | usurier, usurière |
| Deutsch | Wucherer, Wucherin, Kredithai, Zinswucherer |
| Italiano | usuraio, usuraia, strozzino, strozzina |
| Ελληνικά | τοκογλύφος tokoglýfos |
| Română | cămătar, cămătăreasă, uzurar |
| Русский | ростовщи́к rostovščík, ростовщи́ца rostovščíca, проце́нтщик procéntščik, проце́нтщица procéntščica |
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