Wordiyousury
🇬🇧 UK/ˈju:ʒəri/🇺🇸 US/'ju:ʒuri/
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The practice of lending money at excessively high or illegal interest rates.
高利贷；高利盘剥
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishusuryother
=usury
Common Collocations
- 1.commit usury从事高利贷
- 2.charge usury收取高利贷
Example Sentences
- 1.
Medieval lenders charged such high rates that usury became a serious problem.
- 2.
The law prohibited usury to protect borrowers from exploitative lending practices.