Usury

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title: Usury
text: Usury is the practice of making loans that are seen as unfairly enriching the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors defined by the laws of a state. Someone who practices usury can be called a usurer, but in modern colloquial English m
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description: Loans with unfairly high interest rate
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usury
date created: 2003-05-27T04:44:35Z
date modified: 2024-08-27T02:36:12Z
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