usure

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French usure. === Verb === usure (third-person singular simple present usures, present participle usuring, simple past and past participle usured) (intransitive, obsolete) To commit usury. To cause to degenerate through usage. === Noun === usure (countable and uncountable, plural usures) (uncountable) The process by which a metaphor inexorably loses its freshness, power, and imagery through overuse. (countable) An instance of degredation due to use; A sign of wear and tear. === Anagrams === Eurus, UUers, eurus == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /y.zyʁ/ Rhymes: -yʁ === Etymology 1 === From Latin ūsūra. ==== Noun ==== usure f (usually uncountable, plural usures) (finance) usury ===== Related terms ===== usuraire usurier === Etymology 2 === From user +‎ -ure. ==== Noun ==== usure f (uncountable) wear and tear, wear ===== Derived terms ===== avoir à l'usure guerre d'usure usure phonétique === Further reading === “usure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === sueur == Italian == === Noun === usure f plural of usura == Latin == === Participle === ūsūre vocative masculine singular of ūsūrus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === usur, usere, user === Etymology === From Old French usure, from Latin ūsūra. === Noun === usure (plural usures) To lend money in order to make interest; usury. Interest on a loan. A loan. ==== Synonyms ==== usurie ==== Related terms ==== usurere === References === “ūsūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 March 2018.