usury is against the law because it is unfair to those who really need to borrow money. From LearnThat.org.
From that time forward the term usury was restricted to excessive interest, and this alone was prohibited. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England] Reference
This was the usage of the word usury by the great masters of the. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
The word usury has appeared in 12 Times articles over the past year. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
(Compare Le 25: 37; De 23: 19, 20). usury is derived from a verb meaning "to bite.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The word usury, in our language, has a bad signification, meaning unlawful or exorbitant interest. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
The idea that usury is a crime runs deep in the human psyche, well back to biblical times and probably much longer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
The term usury came to us from Latin. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner California Headlines] Reference
What is the unlawful profit for money, which may be called usury?. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
Thus the two words interest and usury now express what was formerly expressed by the one word usury alone. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
The book then proceeds to describe weights and measures, and the rate of usury, which is put down as five percent. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
Hence it is by its very nature unlawful to take payment for the use of money lent, which payment is known as usury; and, just as. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching] Reference
The interest exacted by the princes and nobles was no doubt so extortionate that it could be called usury in the modern legal sense. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
(The word usury has come in modern English to mean excessive interest upon money loaned, either formally illegal or at least oppressive. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Recessions can be delayed by using government spending to prop up demand, or by usury, that is, by supporting demand by consumer borrowing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
90\% of Americans don't even know what the word usury means. From Wordnik.com. Reference
You should surely start with the strange business of the Jews, Christians, Moslems and "usury"?. From Wordnik.com. [From Keynes to Akerlof: How I would teach Macro, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
This is just totally predatory; we used to call it "usury"; it is predatory lending on all fronts. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with David Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World] Reference
I am surprised no candidate has a goal to reduce the "usury" rates credit car companies can charge. From Wordnik.com. [Paul No. 1 on Amazon.com] Reference
Why did I select 15 percent as the appropriate rate to deal with the usury which is going on in this country?. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Wall Street Loan-Sharking] Reference
Banks cleverly rebranded "usury" by renaming it "29% plus fees and penalties" and opened the door for billions in earnings. From Wordnik.com. [How to Live on $0 a Day: Get in Touch With Your Inner Savvy Businessman] Reference
The prejudice against "usury," as any lending of money at interest was called, made another hindrance to business enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
And I believe I have finally had an epiphany in my understanding of "usury". From Wordnik.com. [Jock's Place] Reference
Exorbitantly high interest rates were called "usury," and were forbidden by federal law. From Wordnik.com. [Credit card information] Reference
It's likely that they also charged usury which is why they were referred to as "thieves" or. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Charging excessive interest is called "usury," but originally it meant charging anything for the use of money. From Wordnik.com. [Dandelion Salad] Reference
Speaking to the BBC, a senior bank executive described fees up to this as "usury" and "a disincentive to lend". From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
Often translated by "usury", this term in its Qur ` anic meaning, refers to using money to buy the use of money. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Face to faith: Once confined to religious debates, the word 'usury' is making a welcome return to politics, says Nesrine Malik. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
As usual, the populist crapstorm directed at "usury" rises exactly when the masses are sticking their bankers and robbing them blind. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
And don't forget the fact that religious edicts are already embedded in law, such as usury laws, not to mention widespread notions of. From Wordnik.com. [Best of Both Worlds] Reference
This is a kind of usury, banker, that I do not understand. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Count of Monte Cristo] Reference
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