exorbitant interest

exorbitant interest
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  • interest — 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • exorbitant — adjective exorbitant interest rates Syn: extortionate, excessively high, excessive, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, inflated, unconscionable, huge, enormous; informal steep, stiff, sky high, over the top, rip off Ant: reasonable …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • exorbitant — ex‧or‧bi‧tant [ɪgˈzɔːbtnt 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… …   Financial and business terms

  • exorbitant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ grossly (BrE, law) ▪ The rate of interest is grossly exorbitant. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • exorbitant — ex|or|bi|tant [ıgˈzo:bıtənt US o:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Late Latin, present participle of exorbitare to leave the track , from Latin orbita track ] an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be =… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • exorbitant — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • exorbitant — 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… …   English dictionary

  • exorbitant rate of interest — unreasonably high interest rate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • exorbitant —    Many writers, on both sides of the Atlantic, show a perplexing impulse to put an h into the word, as here: This is on the argument that they are troubled by exhorbitant interest charges (Times). Inhexcusable …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • usury — usu·ry / yü zhə rē/ n [Medieval Latin usuria interest, lending at exorbitant interest, alteration of Latin usura use, interest (i.e., sum paid for use of money), from usus use] 1: the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates; specif: the… …   Law dictionary

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