different between usury vs loansharking

English

Etymology

From Middle English usurie, from Latin ?s?ria, from ?s?ra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ?sus (“use”), from stem of ?t? (“to use”). Compare usurp and use.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo?o'zh?-r?, IPA^(key): /?ju????i/

Noun

usury (countable and uncountable, plural usuries)

1. (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
2. (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.
3. (uncountable, archaic) The practice of lending money at interest.
   • 4th Century BCE, Template:rftranslator Aristotle, Politics, Book I, Part X,

     "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."

Synonyms

• oker

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Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “usury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

usury

1. Alternative form of usurie

English

Verb

loansharking

1. present participle of loanshark (Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)

Alternative forms

• loan sharking