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Usurer vs Usure - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between usurer and usure

is that usurer is a person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate while usure is .

usurer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
  • * 1936 , , Gone with the Wind , chapter XLIII
    • "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."
  • (rare) Specifically, a male usurer.

    • Synonyms

    * loan shark

    Related terms

    * usuress (rare) * usurial * usurious * usury

    Usage notes

    usure

    English

    Noun

    • Foul usure and lucre of villainy'' — Chaucer.
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