usura.
interest (price of credit)
Meaning & usage
interest (price of credit)
usury (practice of lending money at interest)
usury (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)
Where this word comes from
From Latin ūsūra (“use; enjoyment”), derived from ūsus, perfect passive participle of ūtor (“to use; to enjoy”).
wear (damage caused by use over time)
deterioration
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French usure, derived from user (“to use”). Piecewise doublet of etymology 1.
inflection of usurare: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of usurare: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
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