usure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French usure

Verb

usure (third-person singular simple present usures, present participle usuring, simple past and past participle usured)

  1. (intransitive) To commit usury.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for usure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /y.zyʁ/

Etymology 1

From Latin ūsūra.

Noun

usure f (usually uncountable, plural usures)

  1. (finance) usury

Etymology 2

user +‎ -ure

Noun

usure f (uncountable)

  1. wear and tear, wear
Derived terms
  • usure phonétique

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Further reading

Italian

Noun

usure f

  1. plural of usura

Latin

Participle

ūsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of ūsūrus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French usure, from Latin ūsūra.

Noun

usure (plural usures)

  1. To lend money in order to make interest; usury.
    • Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, "Prioress's Tale"
      foul vsure and lucre of vileynye Hateful to Crist.
  2. Interest on a loan.
  3. A loan.

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