exorbitant interest rate
121Leo XIII — Pope Leo XIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo XIII Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, 1903, at Rome. Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico… …
122Pope Leo XIII — Pope Leo XIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Leo XIII Born 2 March, 1810, at Carpineto; elected pope 20 February, 1878; died 20 July, 1903, at Rome. Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi was the sixth of the seven sons of Count Lodovico… …
123usurer — noun /ˈjuːʒəɹə,ˈjuːzjəɹə/ a) A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate. b) Specifically, a male usurer. Syn …
124usury — noun /ˈjuʒəɹi/ a) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally. b) The practice of lending money at such rates. See Also: usurer, usuress, usurial, usurious …
125scorched earth policy — An extreme form of poison pill in which a company that believes it is to be the target of a takeover bid makes its balance sheet or profitability less attractive than it really is by a reversible manouevre, such as borrowing money at an… …
126usurer — u•su•rer [[t]ˈyu ʒər ər[/t]] n. a person who lends money and charges interest, esp. at an exorbitant rate • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < AF < ML …
127loansharking — /ˈloʊnʃakɪŋ/ (say lohnshahking) noun the lending of money at an exorbitant rate of interest …
128THE EVENTS — introduction European Jewry in the Early 1930s Germany in the Early 1930s the expansion of the reich …
