- gaimbín
- nm4 interest [commerce, banking]
Irish-English dictionary. 2013.
gaimbín
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gombeen — /gom been /, n. Irish Eng. usury. [1860 65; < Ir gaimbín interest, esp. exorbitant interest, lit., bit, small piece, dim. of gamba lump, hunk] * * * … Universalium
gombeen — [gɒm bi:n] noun [as modifier] Irish involved in the practice of usury: a gombeen man. Origin C19: from Ir. gaimbín, perh. from the same Celtic source as med. L. cambire to change … English new terms dictionary
gom|been — «gom BEEN», noun. British and Irish. usury. ╂[< Irish gaimbin] … Useful english dictionary
