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usurious Definition

usu·ri·ous (yo̵̅o̅ z̸ho̵or′ē əs)

adjective

  1. practicing usury
  2. of or constituting usury

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usurious Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • rate: Maybe you could borrow at very high usurious interest rate.
  • loan: The peasant revolt against the dearth of land, the yoke of the militarists, government officials and of usurious loans.
  • interest: No government could have paid them, as they are the usurious interest for what has already been paid twenty times over.

Browse dictionary entries near usurious

  1. ‹ usuries
  2. ‹ usurer
  3. ‹ usufructuary
  4. ‹ usufructuaries
  5. ‹ usufruct
  6. ‹ usualness
  7. ‹ usually
  8. ‹ usual
  9. ‹ usu
  10. ‹ ustulation
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