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Search phrase: usury

Plays

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CoriolanusCor I.i.79crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, tocramm'd with Graine: Make Edicts for Vsurie, to
Timon of AthensTim III.v.99Banish your dotage. Banish usuryBanish your dotage, banish vsurie,

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.40 Like usury applying wet to wet, Like vsery applying wet to wet,
SonnetsSonn.6.5 That use is not forbidden usury, That vse is not forbidden vsery,

Glossary

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excessusury, interest
usuryway of dealing with money, financial practice

Thesaurus

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usuryexcess

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift... sonn 6 6 that use is not forbidden usury / which happies those that pay the will...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
USURERBASICsee USURY
USURYBASICusuring adj, usury n
USURYPEOPLEusurer n

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