usurer
/ˈjuːʒərə(r)/noun
उच्चारण यूज़रर
सूदख़ोर, महाजन
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Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C] old-fashioned, disapproving
a person who lends money to people at unfairly high rates of interest
सूदख़ोर, महाजन
- The poor farmer was trapped by the village usurer.
- The usurer charged such high interest that few villagers could repay him.
- The usurer took the farmer's land when he could not repay the loan.
+ 2 more examples
- In old Hindi stories, the greedy usurer is often the villain.
- Many families borrowed from the village usurer before banks opened branches there.
Synonyms moneylender loan shark pawnbroker
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Synonyms
moneylender loan shark pawnbroker
AaSpelling
u·su·rer
With -su- (not 'usurper', which means a person who takes power illegally).
बीच में -su- ('usurper' नहीं, जिसका अर्थ अवैध रूप से सत्ता हथियाने वाला है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart usurer (moneylender) and usurper (one who seizes power, from the verb usurp).
Usurer (सूदख़ोर) और usurper (सत्ता हथियाने वाला, verb usurp से) को अलग रखिए।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who lends money at very high interest is a usurer or moneylender (informal: loan shark); the practice of lending money at very high interest is usury.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: बहुत ऊँचे ब्याज पर पैसा उधार देने वाला usurer या moneylender (अनौपचारिक: loan shark); बहुत ऊँचे ब्याज पर पैसा उधार देने की प्रथा usury (सूदख़ोरी)।