English Dictionary: usurer | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Usurarious \U`su*ra"ri*ous\, Usurary \U"su*ra*ry\, a. [L. usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See {Usurer}.] Usurious. [Obs.] [bd]Usurarious contracts.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Usurarious \U`su*ra"ri*ous\, Usurary \U"su*ra*ry\, a. [L. usurarius that serves for use, that pays interest. See {Usurer}.] Usurious. [Obs.] [bd]Usurarious contracts.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. Bp. Hall. | |
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. |