Product Actions. 1  Christmas is right around the corner and Jules Daly (Kate McGrath) is doing her best to create a loving home as new guardian to her mischievous niece and nephew.
As a general definition, usury is loaning money at extravagant interest rates. The legal definition varies. The practiced of lending money to people, especially making them pay unfairly high rates of interest. As a general definition, usury is loaning money at extravagant interest rates. The legal definition varies.
Within the United States, the term Yankee can have many different contextually and geographically dependent meanings. Traditionally, Yankee was most often used to refer to a New Englander descended from the original settlers of the region (thus often suggesting Puritanism and thrifty values).