Usury vs Numismatics - What's the difference?
usury | numismatics |
(countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
(uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.
(uncountable, archaic) The practice of lending money at interest.
* 4th Century BCE , (rftranslator) , Book I, Part X,
The study of coins (or of medals)
The collecting of coins (or of medals)
As nouns the difference between usury and numismatics
is that usury is (countable) an exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally while numismatics is the study of coins (or of medals).usury
English
Noun
(wikipedia usury)- "The most hated sort, and with the greatest reason, is usury , which makes a gain out of money itself, and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest."
