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usurer


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Usurer  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  usurer 
  n  :  someone  who  lends  money  at  excessive  rates  of  interest  [syn: 
  {loan  shark},  {shark},  {moneylender}] 




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