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USURIOUS INTEREST

Specialty Definition: USURIOUS INTEREST

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Finance

Excessively high interest demanded by a lender, taking advantage of a person's lack of money. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: USURIOUS INTEREST

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Worker Rights

Canada

Almost all work at lower than minimum wage and use most of their salaries to pay down their debt at usurious interest rates. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: USURIOUS INTEREST

Language Translations for "USURIOUS INTEREST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ågerrente. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

woekerrente (profiteering, usury). (various references)

   

French

  

taux usuraire, intérêt usuraire. (various references)

   

German

  

Wucherzinsen (exorbitant interest, usury). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παράνομα υψηλό επιτόκιο, τοκογλυφικό επιτόκιο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

interesse usurario. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urioususay interestay

   

Portuguese

  

juro usurario. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

interés usurario. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: USURIOUS INTEREST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-s-s-t-t-u-u-u"

-3 letters: strenuosities.

-5 letters: rotisseries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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