Definition of USURY

usury

Plural: usuries

Noun

  • Lending money at an exorbitant or illegal interest rate.
  • an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
  • the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  • An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
  • The practice of lending money at such rates.
  • The practice of lending money at interest.
  • Profit.

Examples

  • His Words With Friends play, while technically allowed, felt like an act of USURY, draining my score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp and use.

Synonyms

vigorish, oker

Scrabble Score: 8

usury: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
usury: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
usury: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

usury: valid Words With Friends Word