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单词 usurer
释义
usurer
noun[C]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˈjuː.ʒər.ər/us
/ˈjuː.ʒɚ.ɚ/
apersonwholendssomeonemoneywith theagreementthat they willpayback a very muchlargeramountofmoneylater:
Usurerscontinuedtoexploitthepooruntilpeoplecould take it no more.
Vastfortuneswere made byemployersand usurers at theexpenseofsmallproprietors.
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usury
More examples
  • Theinterestpaidby thesmallfarmertolocalusurersfrequentlyrangedfrom 25 to 100percent.
  • Thecapitalaccumulatedby themerchantsand usurers wasoriginallyunproductive.
  • Toremovethedependenceofsmallfarmersuponlocalusurers,loanfundswereestablishedin manydistricts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • lender
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  • moneylender
  • mortgagee
  • pawnbroker
(Definition ofusurerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofusurer

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Merchants pragmatically expressed their indignation at usurers and bankrupts as violators of the charity, moderation, and prudence they themselves claimed to display.
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It is the usurers we have to subsidise.
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The profitability of entrepreneurs is being thrown to theusurer.
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They got rid of theusurer, the banker and the pawnbroker, and the landlord went at the same time.
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We believe that the piling-up of usurers' debts is injuring the world and that you must.
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In these more civilised times, all that we ask is that the usurers should be taken into public ownership.
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The usurers have never had it so good.
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It is no use picking out one class ofusurerfor special treatment.
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The villageusureror anybody else could buy any quantity of land.
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Why should a young doctor have to seek the assistance of ausurerbefore he can practise?
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The way to get into the hands of the usurers is borrowing money for uses which will not pay the interest charges.
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I hope that it will concentrate on giving incentives to the honest and productive worker in our midst, and more extreme discouragement to the mere speculator andusurer.
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They do not want £12 billion to go in interest payments to usurers who own the national debt; the money should be used to satisfy the needs of the people.
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Among these are certainly some usurers and grasping people, but some of them are necessities in a district where there is a lot of casual labour.
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Thousands of people had lost their entire savings after all pyramids of the usurers had collapsed.
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