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usury

/ˈjuːʒəi/YOO-zhur-ee
/ˈjuʒɚi/YOO-zhur-ee

Meaninguse, enjoyment

Common meaning: lending at high interest

Journey through time

  1. Latinusura‘use, enjoyment’source
  2. Frenchusuresource
  3. Middle Englishusuresource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsuse, enjoyment → lending at high interestusury‘lending at high interest’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin usura ‘use, enjoyment’.

Roots

  • usura Latin “use, enjoyment”

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