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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
usury /ˈjuːʒ(ə)ri/
▶noun the practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
■ archaic interest at such rates.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. usurie, or from med. L. usuria, from L. usura, from usus (see use).
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