01 n. A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.
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A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.[Obs. or Archaic]“Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.” — Deut. xxiii. 19.“Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.” — Matt. xxv. 27.“What he borrows from the ancients, he repays with usury of ��is own.” — Dryden.
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The practice of taking interest.[Obs.]“Usury . . . bringeth the treasure of a realm or state into a few ��nds.” — Bacon.
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Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.(Law)