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Meaning of "usuries" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF USURIES

usuries


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF USURIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Usuries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE USURIES

usufruct · usufructuary · Usumbura · usure · usurer · usuress · usurious · usuriously · usuriousness · usurous · usurp · usurpation · usurpative · usurpatory · usurpature · usurpedly · usurper · usurping · usurpingly · usury

WORDS THAT END LIKE USURIES

accessories · armouries · auguries · bistouries · buries · canterburies · centuries · decuries · Furies · half-centuries · injuries · juries · luxuries · mercuries · perjuries · sauries · savouries · seigneuries · subtreasuries · tilburies · treasuries

Synonyms and antonyms of usuries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «usuries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF USURIES

Find out the translation of usuries to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of usuries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «usuries» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

usuries
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

usuras
570 millions of speakers
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English

usuries
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

usuries
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

usuries
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

usuries
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

usuries
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

usuries
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

usures
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Usianya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Wucher
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

usuries
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

usuries
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Usil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

usuries
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

usuries
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

usuries
70 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Italian

usure
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

usuries
50 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Ukrainian

usuries
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

usuries
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

usuries
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

usuries
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

usuries
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

usuries
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «USURIES»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about usuries

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USURIES»

Discover the use of usuries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to usuries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Love's Usuries
Love's. Usuries. "The star of love is a flower—a deathless token, That grows beside the gate of unseen things." Among friends, parting for a lengthy spell has its disadvantages. They age in character and physique,and after the reconnoitre  ...
Louis Creswicke
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Usury Stated Overthrown, Or, Usuries Champions with Their ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Jelinger Christopher, John 1735 Adams, Boston Public Library Adams Collection, 2011
3
Usury Stated Overthrown: Or, Usuries Champions with Their ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Christopher Jelinger, 2010
4
The End of Kinship: "measure for Measure", Incest, and the ...
Pompey, the pimp or sexual usurer,* makes a similar association of sexual reproduction with monetary usury: "T'was never merry world since, of two usuries, the merriest was put down, and the worser allowed by order of law" (3.2.6—8).
Marc Shell, 1988
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Expositions on the Psalms
Becauseofsuch despisers of present commandment and deriders of future punishmenthath been said, "I coming would have exacted with usuries,"from these usuries are redeemed the souls ofthe poorbythat blood which hath been shedfor the ...
Augustine of Hippo
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: First Series, Volume VIII ...
From usuries and iniquity He shall redeem the souls of them " (ver. 14). What are these usuries but sins, which are also called debts ?» But I think they have been called usuries, because more of ill is found in the punishments than hath been ...
Philip Schaff, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 2007
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Much ado about nothing. Measure for measure
'Twas never merry world, since, of two usuries,8 the merriest was put down, and the worser allow'd by order of law a furr'd gown to keep him 7 lzq/Zard] A kind of sweet wine, then much in vogue, from the Italian L-q/lardo. WARBURTON.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, 1803
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The Works of Shakespear...
Oh, heav'ns ! what stuff is here ? Cltnvn. + 'Twas never merry world since of two usuries the merriest was put down, and the worser al- low'd by order of law. "** a furr'd gown to keep him warm, and furr'd with fox and lamb-skins too, to signisie, ...
William Shakespeare, 1747
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Cassiodorus: Psalms 51-100
He has delivered their souls from usuries and iniquity: and their name shall be outstanding in his sight. Usuries is derived from use, for such loans of money secure continual increase. Likewise those who live in sin get an increased return on ...
Senator Cassiodorus, Patrick Gerard Walsh, 1991
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Measure for measure. Much ...
'Twas never merry world, since, os two usuries , ' the merriell was put down , and the worser allotv'd by order os law a surr1d gown to keep him warm ; and sutr'd with sox and lamb-skins too , 6 to * hajsard. ] A kind os sweet wine , then much in  ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, 1801

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USURIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term usuries is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tributes to Mrs Gladys Asmah
... scheme for women which enabled many women to set up small-scale businesses on their own and released them from the clutches of unscrupulous usuries. «GhanaWeb, Nov 14»
2
Bangladesh: Cheap T-Shirts and Fundamentalism
... in the same breath he used to call women's emancipation “vulgarity,” also railed, “Look at this capitalism with its monopolies, its usuries and whatever else is ... «the Diplomat, Apr 14»
REFERENCE
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