-
excess of the
maximum rate that is
allowed by law. A loan may be
considered usurious because of
excessive or
abusive interest rates or
other factors defined...
-
towards their subjects. The
behavior of Mongolia's nobility,
together with
usurious practices by
Chinese traders and the
collection of
imperial taxes in silver...
-
specifically of England.
Shylock /
Shyster Jewish people perceived as
greedy or
usurious From the
antagonistic character of Shylock, a
Jewish money-lender, in William...
-
activities by Jews,
preventing certain financial activities (such as "
usurious" loans)[page needed]
between Christians, high
rates of literacy, near-universal...
-
government heavily restricted the
merchants and
viewed them as
unproductive and
usurious members of society, the samurai, who
gradually became separated from their...
- creditors.
Small landholders and
sharecroppers acquired debts swollen by
usurious rates of interest. Any poor
harvest exacted a
heavy toll; the ac****ulation...
-
representing a
borrower bringing suit
against her
lender for
charging a
usurious interest rate
while simultaneously representing the
mortgage broker who...
- to a poor person.
Village women who made
bamboo furniture had to take
usurious loans to buy bamboo, and
repay their profits to the lenders. Traditional...
- use of by
antisemites throughout the play's history. The ****s used the
usurious Shylock for
their propaganda.
Shortly after Kristallnacht in 1938, The...
-
sometimes coerced to pay taxes, many
adivasis were
forced to
borrow at
usurious rates from moneylenders,
often the
zamindars themselves. When they were...
