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ūsūra ae, f

1 AV-, a using, use, enjoyment : huius lucis: unius usuram horae gladiatori dare. — A use of money lent, loan : a publicanis pecuniam pro usurā auferre.— A payment for the use of money, interest, usury : sine usuris creditae pecuniae, Cs.: certare cum usuris fructibus praediorum, i. e. to exhaust their estates in paying interest : aes alienum multiplicandis usuris crescere, N.

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