Question

The question below refers to the selection "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.

Read the excerpt from the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and use context clues to guess the meaning of the underlined word. Identify the context clues from the passage that you used to define the word.

He borrowed, asking a thousand francs from one, five hundred from another, five here, three louis there. He gave promissory notes, made ruinous agreements, dealt with usurers, with all kinds of lenders