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Significados de usurious em inglês

Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.

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Examples for "steep"
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From her vantage point, she saw a steep but possible way up.
The Valley of Horses
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The company said steep discounts in July helped offset weaker consumer demand.
Reuters
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It's miles and miles away; down steep hills and across the ford.
A Missionary Twig
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The result is routes that are not just long, but extremely steep.
Climbing Magazine
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Direct Turkish military intervention in Syria has come at a steep price.
The Irish Times
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Fine Gael TD Mr Michael Ring said: This is an outrageous situation.
The Irish Times
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Further, Mr Power made several outrageous statements in his attack on evolution.
The Irish Times
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However, her latest request has got to be her most outrageous yet.
News.com.au
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Those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account.
Ebony
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Even in those days, the level of Soviet corruption had been outrageous.
Exit wound
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They are haemorrhaging public money and delivering dismal services at exorbitant prices.
The South African
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Financial catastrophes, buffered by exorbitant government bailouts, have dented the national fiscus.
The South African
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She is particularly good at nailing the exorbitant pretension of their décor.
The Guardian
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They wanted to charge me exorbitant funds to get them, he said.
News.com.au
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It was 2006 and all quotes to fix the problem were exorbitant.
The Irish Times
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Forcing people to choose between their health and their job is unconscionable.
The Guardian
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Shell's research money is also buying legitimacy for its unconscionable activities globally.
The Guardian
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It was unconscionable of Maurice to put you in such a situation.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
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The Bavarian was an unconscionable time absorbing the import of the message.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
5
There follows a war of extermination with unconscionable cruelties on both sides.
All souls' rising
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Now, Captain, paying extortionate prices is no way to make a profit.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
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Wagons could not be hired except by paying the most extortionate rates.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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Still, money is very scarce and bank interest almost extortionate just now.
Winston of the Prairie
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In fact, petrol prices across Europe are as good as extortionate.
The South African
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I protested against this extortionate demand in every way I could think of.
Armadale
Uso de usurious em inglês
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Ahab was liberal, Joram miserly, nay, he even indulged in usurious practices.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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Those men insist on ready money to sweat others on usurious terms.
Poor Relations
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Edwin smiled at her, and she returned his smile with usurious interest.
Clayhanger
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His honesty was his capital... and he exacted usurious interest from it.
A Reckless Character, and Other Stories
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Besides, I should not tax him with usurious interest, she said maliciously.
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
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Therefore, likewise, whatever else is acquired from usurious money must be restored.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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It means you are not tapping more usurious forms of lending.
Reuters
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The local populace was the victim of usurious taxes, coercively applied.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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He wore a black velvet skull-cap, and looked usurious and rich.
The Uncommercial Traveller
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By no sort of subterfuge were they to be permitted to be usurious.
Philip Dru: Administrator; A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935
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Yes-a usurious scamp of a lawyer, who to our relief has left Westways.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
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You are usurious, unmerciful, our enemies, and so I do not like you.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
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I would ask more, but that, you know, would be usurious!
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
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While we indulged in every pleasure, he lent out his money at usurious interest.
Caught in the Net
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Formerly all loans of that nature were regarded as usurious.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part C. / From...
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This was charged up against him to be paid for later at usurious interest.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 / Little J...
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