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usury [ˈju:ʒərɪ, Am -ʒɚɪ] N no pl pej LAW

usury

ростовщи́чество nt

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He also facilitated money lending at usury rates. en.wikipedia.org

O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. en.wikipedia.org

Thus contracts deemed to be usury or dealing with gambling or risk would not be enforceable. en.wikipedia.org

For example, it is known that it relieved tax for widows and orphans, and protected the poor from the usury of the rich. en.wikipedia.org

Trade exchanges money for goods and usury creates money from money. en.wikipedia.org

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

The effect was to gut every state law on usury, he says. en.wikipedia.org

He himself was extremely rich (probably from usury). en.wikipedia.org

The king wished in this way to strike a deadly blow at usury. en.wikipedia.org

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

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