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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

anatocismus

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] again + [GREEK] to lend on interest.]

(Law)

Compound interest.

[R.]

Bouvier.

Noun.

[L. 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.]

anatocism ‎(uncountable)

(law) compound interest
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