usury
loans with unfairly high interest rate
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usury
Summary
usury has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]
Key Facts
- usury is a type of predatory lending[2].
- usury is a type of interest[3].
- usury is a type of price gouging[4].
- usury is a type of Q20918629[5].
- usury is part of white-collar crime[6].
- usury's Commons category is recorded as Usury[7].
- usury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Usury[8].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[10].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
- usury's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
- usury's has characteristic is recorded as evil[15].
- usury's has characteristic is recorded as avarice[16].
- usury's has characteristic is recorded as abuse[17].
- usury's practiced by is recorded as loan shark[18].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include predatory lending[2], interest[3], price gouging[4], and Q20918629[5].
Use and Application
usury is part of white-collar crime[6].
Why It Matters
usury has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] usury is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]