usury in the PONS Dictionary

usury Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Usury Act
Закон срещу спекулата
legislation on usury
законодателство срещу спекулата

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It was evident that usury meant exploitation of the poor.
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He also facilitated money lending at usury rates.
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They were not to lend on usury, and no one was to be forced by the king or his officers to repay to them usurious loans.
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The limits on personal liability afforded by incorporation are seen as a form of usury in this sense, as is insurance.
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Despite being a moneylender himself he was sufficiently trusted and respected to sit as a judge in usury trials in 1421.
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The interest-free loans proposed by binary economics are compatible with the traditional opposition of the Abrahamic religions to usury.
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The movement likewise opposes the restriction of economic activities to financial ventures and usury.
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It was argued that the usury laws had been abolished for the whole of the community except only for the pawnbroker who advanced less than 10.
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He is said to have suppressed usury in the city during his term of office as mayor.
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Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession.
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