Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun usury

2 senses of usury

Sense 1
usury, vigorish -- (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest)
       => interest rate, rate of interest -- (the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use)

Sense 2
usury -- (the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest)
       => lending, loaning -- (disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned)