EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
usury...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/u-SUR-ya/
FIL: Ang gawain ng pagpapautang ng pera na may labis o napakataas na interes.
EN: usury
This is the '5-6' system in action. Borrow P100 in the morning, pay back P120 by evening. Usurya is the reason why your friendly neighborhood lender can afford a new car while you're still struggling to pay them back. It's financial 'vampirism'.
From Spanish 'usura' (usury).
Specifically refers to the practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. Often associated with '5-6' lending schemes.
🇵🇭 Ang usurya ay ipinagbabawal sa ilalim ng batas ng Pilipinas.
🇺🇸 Usury is prohibited under the laws of the Philippines.
🇵🇭 Maraming naghihirap ang nababaon sa utang dahil sa usurya.
🇺🇸 Many poor people get buried in debt because of usury.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.