exorbitant interest rate
1exorbitant — ex‧or‧bi‧tant [ɪgˈzɔːbtnt ǁ ɔːr ] adjective an exorbitant price, rate, demand etc is much higher than is reasonable or usual: • He claims his bank is forcing him to pay exorbitant charges. • On the black market prices were particularly… …
2interest — Synonyms and related words: absolute interest, absorb, absorption, accent, accrued dividends, accumulated dividends, acquisitiveness, activities, activity, advantage, advocacy, aegis, affair, affairs, affect, affect the interest, agacerie,… …
3rate — Synonyms and related words: VAT, abuse, account, ad valorem duty, admonish, alcohol tax, alphabetize, amount, amusement tax, analyze, antecede, anyhow, anyway, apportion, appraise, appreciate, arithmetical proportion, arrange, assay, assess,… …
4exorbitant rate of interest — unreasonably high interest rate …
5exorbitant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ grossly (BrE, law) ▪ The rate of interest is grossly exorbitant. ▪ …
6exorbitant — ex|or|bi|tant [ ıg zɔrbıtənt ] adjective an exorbitant price or amount of money is much more than is reasonable: It meant borrowing money at an exorbitant rate of interest. exorbitant wage demands ╾ ex|or|bi|tance noun uncount ╾ ex|or|bi|tant|ly… …
7exorbitant — UK [ɪɡˈzɔː(r)bɪtənt] / US [ɪɡˈzɔrbɪtənt] adjective an exorbitant price or amount of money is much more than is reasonable It meant borrowing money at an exorbitant rate of interest. exorbitant wage demands Derived words: exorbitance noun… …
8discount rate — Synonyms and related words: bank rate, compensatory interest, compound interest, exorbitant interest, gross interest, interest, interest rate, lucrative interest, mortgage points, net interest, penal interest, premium, price, price of money, rate …
9usury — u•su•ry [[t]ˈyu ʒə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) the practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest rate 2) an exorbitant amount or rate of interest 3) Obs. interest paid for the use of money • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME usurie (< OF) < ML… …
10mafia — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *the mob, Cosa Nostra, organized crime, the underworld, Black Hand, the Syndicate, gangland. WORD FIND • advisor to chief: consigliere • arrested: pinched • blackmail or scare someone for money: shakedown • business… …
