usury

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• /ˈjuːʒəɹi/
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From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp and use.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fajde — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Arabic: رِبَا (ribā) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Armenian: վաշխ (vašx) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Belarusian: працэ́нт (pracént) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Belarusian: адсо́так (adsótak) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Bulgarian: ли́хва (líhva) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Chinese Mandarin: 高利 (gāolì) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Czech: lichva — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Czech: úžera — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Danish: åger — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Dutch: woekerrente — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Esperanto: uzuro — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Faroese: okur — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Finnish: kiskurikorko — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• French: usure — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Georgian: მევახშური პროცენტი (mevaxšuri ṗrocenṭi) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Georgian: სამევახშეო პროცენტები (samevaxšeo ṗrocenṭebi) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• German: Wucher — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• German: Wucherzins — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Greek: τοκογλυφία (tokoglyfía) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Hebrew: נֶשֶׁךְ (néshech) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Hungarian: uzsora — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Hungarian: uzsorakamat — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Icelandic: okur — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Indonesian: riba — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Japanese: 高利 (kōri) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Korean: 고리대금 (goridaegeum) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Latin: ūsūra immodica — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Macedonian: лихва (lihva) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Māori: whakatuputupu moni — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Norwegian Bokmål: åger — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Church Slavic: лихва (lixva) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Persian: ربا (rebâ) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Polish: lichwa — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Portuguese: usura — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Romanian: camătă — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Romanian: uzură — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Russian: проце́нт — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Russian: лихва́ (lixvá) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Serbo-Croatian: ли̏хва — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Serbo-Croatian: lȉhva — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Slovak: úžera — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Spanish: usura — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Swedish: ocker — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Tagalog: pasong — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Tagalog: pamamasong — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Tagalog: labis na patubo — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Turkish: murabaha — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Ottoman Turkish: مرابحه (murabaha) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Ukrainian: відсо́ток (vidsótok) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Ukrainian: проце́нт (procént) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Ukrainian: лихва́ (lyxvá) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Ukrainian: ли́хва (lýxva) — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Welsh: usuriaeth — exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates
• Arabic: مُرَابَاة (murābāh) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Armenian: վաշխառություն (vašxaṙutʻyun) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Belarusian: ліхвя́рства (lixvjárstva) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Bulgarian: лихва́рство (lihvárstvo) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Chinese Mandarin: 高利貸 /高利贷 (gāolìdài) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Czech: lichva — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Czech: lichvářství — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Czech: úžernictví — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Danish: åger — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Dutch: woeker — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Finnish: koronkiskonta — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• French: usure — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Galician: usura — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Georgian: მევახშეობა (mevaxšeoba) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• German: Wucherei — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• German: Zinswucher — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• German: Wuchern — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Greek: τοκογλυφία (tokoglyfía) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Hungarian: uzsoráskodás — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Indonesian: riba — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Japanese: 高利貸し (kōrigashi) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Korean: 고리대금업 (goridaegeumeop) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Latin: ūsūra immodica — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Low German: Woker — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Macedonian: лихварство (lihvarstvo) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Macedonian: лихварење (lihvarenje) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Norwegian Bokmål: åger — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Old English: wōcor — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Old English: feohgafol — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Polish: lichwiarstwo — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Portuguese: usura — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Russian: ростовщи́чество (rostovščíčestvo) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Serbo-Croatian: kamatarenje — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Serbo-Croatian: lihvarenje — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Slovak: úžerníctvo — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Slovene: oderuštvo — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Spanish: usura — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Swedish: ocker — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Telugu: అన్యామైన వడ్డీ (anyāmaina vaḍḍī) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Turkish: faizcilik — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Turkish: murabahacılık — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Turkish: tefecilik — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Ottoman Turkish: مرابحه (murabaha) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Ukrainian: лихва́рство (lyxvárstvo) — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates
• Welsh: usuriaeth — practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates