oker

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noun

Interest on money; usury; increase.

OriginMiddle English oker ← Old Norse ókr ← Proto-Germanic *wōkraz →
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Meanings

oker1

nounoker (plural okers)

plural okers · alternative ocker · alternative occur · alternative ockar · alternative okir · alternative okkir

  1. dialectalInterest on money; usury; increase.
verboker (third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered)

present singular third person okers · participle present okering · participle past okered · past okered · alternative ocker · alternative occur · alternative ockar · alternative okir · alternative okkir

  1. dialectaltransitiveTo increase (in price); add to.

oker2

nounoker (countable and uncountable, plural okers)

plural okers

  1. countableobsoleteuncountablechemistryObsolete form of ochre.

oker3

nounoker (plural okers)

plural okers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”).
    1 more example

    Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]

    1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece, volumes 1-2, page 296

OKer4

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of OK: more OK

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
interestusury

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-“to add, increase”
  2. Proto-Germanic*wōkraz“progeny, earnings, profit”
  3. Old Norseókr“usury”
  4. Middle Englishoker
  5. Englishoker

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oker.

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