usury, usurye, userie, usery, userye From Old French usurie, userie, from Latin ūsūria. usurie (plural usuries) To lend money in order to make interest;...
usureres) One who lends money in order to gain interest; a usurer. usure usurie English: usurer “ūsū̆rer(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University...
From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp...
pelfe his God he made, 240 And unto hell him selfe for money sold; Accursed usurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide....
discommodities) (archaic) Disadvantage; inconvenience. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Usurie. XLI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna...
citie vvere all a prey to the deuouring Turke. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Usurie. XLI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna...