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usure

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French usure.

Verb

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usure (third-person singular simple present usures, present participle usuring, simple past and past participle usured)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To commit usury.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “usure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin ūsūra.

Noun

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usure f (usually uncountable, plural usures)

  1. (finance) usury
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Etymology 2

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From user +‎ -ure.

Noun

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usure f (uncountable)

  1. wear and tear, wear
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Italian

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Noun

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usure f

  1. plural of usura

Latin

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Participle

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ūsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of ūsūrus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French usure, from Latin ūsūra.

Noun

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usure (plural usures)

  1. To lend money in order to make interest; usury.
  2. Interest on a loan.
  3. A loan.

Synonyms

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References

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