USURY
(noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
(noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
synonyms : vigorishThe gangster gave usury to businessmen. -added by priyavanjeri
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Mnemonics for usury
(Tag: ) USURY reminds me of TREASURY - Lending money from the treasury at a very high rate of interest
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(Tag: ) us(e)+ur+(mone)y by lending for extra interest rates
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(Tag: ) USURY ~ USURP: You're basically trying to USURP money by lending them at exorbitant rates.
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(Tag: ) usury - think U r SURety (collateral), will you pay the exorbitant rate of interest... for your friend (who wanted you to be his collateral)
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(Tag: ) the US (united states) lends money to other nations, but at exorbitant rates
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(Tag: hindi) sounds like udhari and vasuli ; its an undercover business of black money
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(Tag: Bangla) (Yun)usury! Some people criticize Dr. Yunus on the ground that his institution Grameen Bank lend money at extremely high rate of interest. Hence YunUSURY means usury.
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(Tag: ) usury - demanding 'surity' at a high price or US like 'surity'
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(Tag: ) Usury Check-into-cash places are users
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(Tag: ) Usury - They make you sorry for borrowing money from them.
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(Tag: ) us+ur+y = y(yield) of ur(your) given to us in high interests
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(Tag: wasuli) usury-->wasuli(Hindi)->hafta wasuli or extortion.
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(Tag: ) Usury - It is profitable to the moneylender but a liability for the one who takes the loan.
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(Tag: ) because of usury the borrower cant pay back money in time which leads the lender to do USULY
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