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usury [ˈjuːʒərı] N

usury

高利贷 gāolìdài

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The interest-free loans proposed by binary economics are compatible with the traditional opposition of the Abrahamic religions to usury. en.wikipedia.org

Next, the miser holding a bag of gold represents greed or usury. en.wikipedia.org

The church in these times said that using money as an end in itself (usury) was a sin. en.wikipedia.org

Usury grew during the period, and few cases were prosecuted by the authorities. en.wikipedia.org

Markets always get a bad press: Mammon, usury, and incompatibility with humane values, and so on. en.wikipedia.org

Our sovereign and rulers are at the bottom of all usury, thievery, and robbery; they take all created things into possession. en.wikipedia.org

Throughout the depression from 187378, he said that usury was the foremost political problem of the day. en.wikipedia.org

His insistence on charging a low interest to protect the institution's permanency raised a controversy among the theologians who thought it promoted the continuance of usury. en.wikipedia.org

Records indicate that he was also prosecuted in the 1570s for illegal dealing in wool and for usury, or lending money with interest. en.wikipedia.org

The movement likewise opposes the restriction of economic activities to financial ventures and usury. en.wikipedia.org

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