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feneration

feneration noun: lending money at interest; usury.

Noun

feneration (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Lending money at interest; usury.
    • Plutarch hath also made an expresse Treatise vpon the same, where he prooueth that by Nature we ought not to vse feneration and vsurie[…]1591, Thomas Lodge, Catharos. Diogenes in his singularitie
    • True love and friendship hath respect onely to his friends necessitie, without merchandize or feneration.1631, Richard Barckley, The felicitie of man, page 638

feneration meaning in Tamil

feneration in Tamil

கடுவட்டி

Origin of feneration

From Latin faenerationem, from faenerare.

Questions about feneration

What does feneration mean?
Feneration means lending money at interest; usury.
What is feneration in Tamil?
Feneration in Tamil is கடுவட்டி. See Feneration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feneration?
Feneration is a noun.

Words near feneration in the dictionary

  1. Fenechs
  2. Fenella
  3. Fenelon
  4. Fenelons
  5. Fener
  6. feneration
  7. Fenerbahce
  8. fenestella
  9. fenestellae
  10. fenestellate
  11. fenestellid

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