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usura

usura noun: usury.

Noun

usura (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, poetic, rare) Usury.
    • In time past it was sors pro sorte – that is, the principal only for the principal; but now, beside that which is above the principal properly called Usura, we challenge Foenus – that is, commodity of soil and fruits of the earth, if not the ground itself.1577, William Harrison, chapter 9, in Holinshed's Chronicles
    • Quite considerable sums, as the sources show, went at the death of rich people to religious institutions as conscience money, at times even back to former debtors as usura which had been unjustly taken from them.1905, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Origin of usura

Borrowed from Latin ūsūra.

Questions about usura

What does usura mean?
Usura means usury.
What part of speech is usura?
Usura is a noun.

Words near usura in the dictionary

  1. Usulism
  2. Usulután
  3. USUM
  4. usun
  5. Usupashvili
  6. usura
  7. usurance
  8. usurances
  9. usurarious
  10. usurary
  11. usure

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