usurer
pronunciation
How to pronounce usurer in British English:
UK [ˈju:ʒərə(r)]
How to pronounce usurer in American English:
US [ˈjuʒəɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Word Origin
- usurer (n.)
- late 13c., "one who lends money at interest," but later especially "one who lends money at an exorbitant rate of interest," from Anglo-French usurer, Old French usurier, usureor, from Medieval Latin usurarius "money-lender, usurer," from Latin usurarius (adj.) "pertaining to interest; that pays interest," from usura (see usury).
Example
- 1. He mortgaged his house to the usurer for & 30000 .
- 2. Associating with the bank to provide a loan to smallholder , they fulfil partly smallholder 's long for capital and restrained usurer .
- 3. Can fictitious network also restrain usurer reimbursement ?
- 4. Love , an extremely exacting usurer .
- 5. Love is an extremely exacting usurer .