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Usurer

Usurer Meaning & Definition
Usurer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Usurer?

[n] someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Synonyms | Synonyms for Usurer: loan shark | moneylender | shylock

Related Terms | Find terms related to Usurer:

See Also | lender | loaner

Usurer In Webster's Dictionary

\U"su*rer\, n. [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See {Usury}, and cf. {Usurarious}.] 1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. [Obs.] If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. --Ex. xxii. 25. 2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money. He was wont to call me usurer. --Shak.

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