Found 3 items, similar to usurer.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: usurer
lintah darat, rentenir
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: usurer
usurer
n : someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn:
loan shark,
moneylender,
shylock]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Usurer
Usurer
\U"su*rer\, n. [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See
Usury,
and cf.
Usurarious.]
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1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money
lender. [Obs.]
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If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor
by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer,
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. --Ex. xxii.
25.
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2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that
established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of
interest for the use of money.
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He was wont to call me usurer. --Shak.
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