usurer
usurer · usurers
лихвар, лихварка
ростовщик, ростовщица, процентщик, процентщица
Wucherer, Wucherin, Kredithai, Zinswucherer
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an…A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
UK/ˈjuːʒəɹə/US/ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesA person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
Wucherer, Wucherin, Kredithai
ростовщи́кrostovščík, ростовщи́цаrostovščíca, проце́нтщикprocéntščik
лихва́рlyxvár, лихва́ркаlyxvárka
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates:
Origin
Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).
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Forms
plural: usurersSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest:loan sharkmoneylendershylock