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放數
Simplified: 放数
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: To lend money at usurious interest rates; loan sharking. 放數佬 = a loan shark. "去放數" = to run a money-lending operation. The cycle of 放數 and 收數 defines much of HK's underground financial ecosystem.
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Other Readings
放數
[[to be a loan shark]] to be a loan shark, to lend money at high interest, c.f.
放數
to offer high interest loans (by loan sharks)
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