anatocism

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ANAT'OCISM, noun [Latin anatocismus, from Gr. again and usury.] Interest upon interest; the taking of compound interest; or the contract by which such interest is secured. [Rarely used.]
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