Bible Dictionaries
Usury

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) The practice of taking interest.

(2):

(v. t.) Interest in excess of a legal rate charged to a borrower for the use of money.

(3):

(v. t.) A premium or increase paid, or stipulated to be paid, for a loan, as of money; interest.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Usury'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/usury.html. 1828.