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Found 3 hits - Term: usurious, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
usurious \usu"rious\ ?; 277, a. from usury.
   1913 webster
   1. practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest
      for the use of money; as, a usurious person.
      1913 webster

   2. partaking of usury; containing or involving usury; as, a
      usurious contract.
      1913 webster -- usu"riously, adv. --
      usu"riousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
usury usu"riously usu"riousness 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
usurious
     adj : greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
           "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
           outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest
           rate"; "unconscionable spending" syn: exorbitant, extortionate,
            outrageous, steep, unconscionable
see also:
exorbitant extortionate outrageous steep unconscionable 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 moby thesaurus words for "usurious":
   cutthroat, exacting, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate,
   extravagant, fancy, gouging, grossly overpriced, immoderate,
   inflationary, inordinate, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous,
   overpriced, preposterous, prohibitive, skyrocketing, spiraling,
   unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted





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