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usurer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈjuːʒɹəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈjuːʒəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈjuːzjəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).

Meanings

  1. A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
    • Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to interceſſionate for their ſoules, and ſue out the pardon of their numberleſſe ſins, the whole of that howre (ſauing one minute, when in two words they cryde for mercy,) haue they ſpent, in crying for vengeance againſt you. 1593, Thomas Nash, Christs Teares Over Iervsalem. Whereunto is annexed a comparatiue admonition to London., London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, →OCLC, page 105; republished as Christ's Tears Over Jerusalem: Whereunto is Annexed A comparative Admonition to London, 1815, page 97:
    • Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live? 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 4”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
    • "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money." 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XLIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:

Forms

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Hyponyms

shroff · saraf

Relateds

usurial · usuress · usurious · usury

Synonyms

banker · loan shark

Translations (95)

el τοκογλύφος (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · nl woekeraar (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · tr tefeci (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · pl lichwiarka (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ota فائضجی (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · be ліхвя́рка (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo procentegulo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo viruzuranto (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · tl buwaya sa katihan (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sv ockrare (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · tl buwayang-lubog (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · de Wucherer (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzurulo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo virprocentegulo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sh lȉhvār (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ms ceti (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · pt agiota (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · uk лихва́р (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · it strozzina (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo procentegulino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · es usurero (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · nb ågerkar (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · fr usurière (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ru ростовщи́к (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ru ростовщи́ца (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · be ліхвя́р (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · yi פּראָצענטניק (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ka მევახშე (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · es usurera (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ru проце́нтщица (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · pt usurário (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · tr murabahacı (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzuristo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · it strozzino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ro cămătar (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ja 高利貸し (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · nb ågerkarl (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzurantino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · cs úžerník (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sk úžerník (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sh ли̏хварица (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzuristino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sh lȉhvarica (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzurulino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · hu uzsorás (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ko 고리대금업자 (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · gl usureira (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · cs lichvářka (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · gl usureiro (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · pt usureiro (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sl oderuh (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · az sələmçi (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sh ли̏хва̄р (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · it usuraio (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · mk лихвар (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sw mlariba (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sk úžerníčka (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo uzuranto (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · it usuraia (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · mi kaiwhakatuputupu moni (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · mk лихварка (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · bg лихва́р (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo viruzuristo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ru проце́нтщик (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · bg лихва́рка (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo viruzurulo (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · hy վաշխառու (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · de Kredithai (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · sl oderuhinja (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · fr usurier (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · da ågerkarl (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · uk лихва́рка (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · vo hivukan (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo virprocentegisto (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · be працэ́нтшчык (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo procentegisto (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · pl lichwiarz (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ro uzurar (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · cmn 高利貸 /高利贷 (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · be працэ́нтшчыца (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · az müamiləçi (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · la toculiō (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · vo vukan (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · de Wucherin (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · eo procentegistino (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · nn ågerkar (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · nl woekeraarster (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · la danista (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · vo jivukan (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ro cămătăreasă (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · de Zinswucherer (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · fi koronkiskuri (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · ota معاملهجی (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · cs lichvář (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates) · id rentenir (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)