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Usurer
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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: 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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