_centesimae_ (sc. _usurae_) (Att. 5. 21. 11)—interest at 1 per cent
per month, 12 per cent per annum.
_binis centesimis fenerari_—to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1]
_ternae centesimae_—36 per cent per annum.
_quaternas centesimas postulare_ (Att. 5. 21. 11)—to demand 48 per cent.
_semisses_—6 per cent (i.e. if for 100 denarii, asses, one pays half a
denarius, half an as per month).
_semissibus magna copia est_—money is plentiful at 6 per cent.
_usurae semissium_ (Colum.)—6 per cent.
_usurae semisses_ (Jurists)—6 per cent.
_quadrantes usurae_—3 per cent (a quarter of centesima).
_trientes_ or _trientariae usurae_ (Att. 4. 15)—4 per cent.
_quincunx_ (Pers. 5. 149)—5 per cent.
_quincunces usurae_—5 per cent.
_fenus ex triente Id. Quint. factum erat bessibus_ (Att. 4. 15. 7)—the
rate of interest has gone up from 4 per cent to 8 per cent.
_perpetuum fenus_ (Att. 5. 21. 13)—simple interests.
_fenus renovatum_—compound interest.
_anatocismus_ (ἀνατοκισμός) (Att. 5. 21. 11)—compound interest.
_fenus iniquissimum, grande, grave_—exorbitant rate of interest.
_usura menstrua_—monthly interest.
_centesimis cum anatocismo contentum esse_ (Att. 5. 21. 12)—to be
content with 12 per cent at compound interest.
[TR1] Transcriber's Note: The Latin expression means _at 2 percent per
month_ which amounts to 24 percent per year (Cp. French edition).